Report of the Committee of Visitors for 1874 / Littlemore Asylum.

  • Littlemore Asylum
Date:
[1875?]
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors for 1874 / Littlemore Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    supervision of the Works during their pro¬ gress. At the same time Mr. Alderman Carr called the attention of the Meeting to the circumstance that, upon a Fire occurring, either previously to or after the extended means of extinguishing it, the Superinten¬ dent should be mindful of the fact that by telegraphing from the very Doors of the Asylum (the Littlemore Railway Station), the Oxford Fire Brigade Engine, and the other Engines of the City and University might speedily be summoned in aid of the local resources. Also Mr. Alderman Carr, in answer to the Chairman, intimated that the City of Oxford is about to apply to Parliament for powers to construct a Reser¬ voir at a point upon Headington Hill to which it is contemplated that an abundant supply of Water will be pumped from the present Lake at the south end of Oxford, and that the Scheme may possibly comprise the carriage of Water, by gravitation, to the Littlemore Asylum. Owing to the short interval which has elapsed since the above Resolution, no Report can at present be given of the steps taken to carry it into effect. The fact should not be concealed from the Bodies in Union that, owing to the increase of Population, and other circumstances,— including the recent Imperial Grant by Act
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