[General report of the Royal Hospital of Bethlem, for the year ending 31st December, 1885] / Bethlem Royal Hospital.

  • Bethlem Royal Hospital
Date:
1886]
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Credit: [General report of the Royal Hospital of Bethlem, for the year ending 31st December, 1885] / Bethlem Royal Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. Bethlem Hospital, February 20th, 1885. We have this day inspected Bethlem Hospital, and were accompanied during onr tour of inspection by Dr. Savage, Dr. Wood, and the two Clinical Assistants. We regret much to learn that this is the last time we shall be able see Dr. Wood in his present post, for this gentleman after having worked zealously and well for seven years has deter¬ mined to retire from his office and practice abroad. We have this day seen all the patients on the books, with the exception of 20 patients absent on leave, and 17 at the Con¬ valescent Home at Witley. The total number on the list here is 255—108 in the male and 147 in the female division. We afforded every patient opportunity of addressing us, and had no complaint which was not on the face of it founded on delusion. The rooms were in proper order, many of them very bright owing to painting on the walls and panels of the doors—the work of a patient. We ought to add that in many wards were placed casts, the work of the late Mr. Stephens, A.R.A. All these were presented to the Hospital by Mr. G. IT. Hay don: The lowest male ward is, we hear, shortly to be renovated and painted. We hope that every¬ thing possible will be done to render the ward light and bright. Since the last visit Dr. Savage has, in one ward, turned one of the single rooms into a sitting-room, opening into the
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