Twenty-first annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of directors, July 5, 1841.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1841
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Credit: Twenty-first annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of directors, July 5, 1841. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    room—lime-washing the walls of the airing courts—cleansing drains and great cess pool near the weavers’ shop—and many others that it would be too tedious here to mention. The outlay on the whole of these has been £637 18s. 7d., making a sum to that amount beyond the ordinary annual expenditure. The comforts, however, of the patients have been very con¬ siderably increased thereby; and, had it not been for this outlay, the Directors are happy to have it in their power to say that the revenue would have exceed¬ ed the expenditure by no less a sum than £673 2s. l^d. They are, therefore, they think, perfectly justified in representing the year of 1840 as having been one of great prosperity ; indeed, they are aware but of one occurrence in it that can be said to bear a different feature,—'they allude to the with¬ drawal of a Rev. gentleman (from ill health, they believe) from the manage¬ ment, who had been elected a member of every Annual Committee from the year 1822, who had ever taken a prominent lead in all the concerns of the Institution—had promoted its interests in various ways—and in none more so than by the numerous able Annual Reports which he contri¬ buted. The retirement of so active and intelligent a Director must be i regarded as a serious loss, and most sincerely do his colleagues in office regret it. They hope, however, when the cause of absence is removed, he may be induced to return to the direction, for they are certain that he con¬ tinues to have the welfare and prosperity of the Institution deeply at heart. Be this, however, as it may, they can assure him that in their estimation among the names of the principal benefactors to the Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum must ever stand that of the Rev. Dr Cannan. The Directors beg leave here to record their thanks to the following noblemen and gentlemen, for presents made to the Asylum in the course of the year 1840:-—To Mr Alison, for a horse, which has been of great use; to Sir John Ogilvy, for a quantity of shrubs and plants to ornament the grounds; to Lord Douglas, for a cargo of gravel to improve the walks; to Messrs Balfour and Meldrum, and Mr Alex. Milne, for materials for weaving, without which supply many of the patients could not have been employed. They also tender their thanks to the Members of Committee and to the House Visiters, for their unremitting attention to the interests and good management of the Establishment; and out of the former they must ! mention one, Capt. P„ Scott, the Chairman,—his thorough knowledge of building and other matters enabling him, in the alterations and additions, to render essential services to the Institution ; while, by his judicious in¬ spection and scrupulous delicacy to all concerned, every one is gratified ' and encouraged in the faithful and zealous discharge of their respective 1 duties.
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