Sixth annual report of the Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy : September 1872.

  • Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Sixth annual report of the Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy : September 1872. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY THE FIFE AND KINROSS DISTRICT BOARD OF LUNACY. The Fife and Kinross District Lunacy Board now present to the Batepayers in the Counties and Burghs within the District their Sixth Annual Beport. As stated in last Beport the Board’s expenditure on Con¬ struction or Capital Account is practically closed. The sum ex¬ pended under this head in the past year is £163 8s 6d, which in¬ cludes maintenance of the fabric and fire insurance. The total ex¬ penditure for cost of site buildings and the like, now stands at £40,895 14s 10d. The amount borrowed to meet this outlay con¬ tinues to be liquidated out of the Assessments annually imposed, which are to extend over thirty years. The debt is reduced to .£28,488, 7s 2d. The District Board refer with satisfaction to the entries by the Commissioners of Lunacy for Scotland in the Patients’ Book kept at the Asylum. It has been regularly visited bi-monthly by a Committee of the District Board, and their Minutes uniformly re¬ port the Institution as in excellent order. The District Board have to record their continued approbation of Dr Tuke, the Medical Superintendent, and the staff who assist him. The results of the treatment of the cases in the Asylum during the year is given in the subjoined tables. The large per centage of recoveries is a very marked feature. Certain of the suggestions of the Commissioners in Lunacy have