Third annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the City of London Lunatic Asylum, at Stone near Dartford in the county of Kent : January quarter sessions, 1869.

  • City of London Lunatic Asylum (Stone, Kent, England)
Date:
1869
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Credit: Third annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the City of London Lunatic Asylum, at Stone near Dartford in the county of Kent : January quarter sessions, 1869. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That repeated applications have been made by the authorities of the several City Unions for the admission of patients, which were necessarily refused in consequence of the Asylum being quite full* The Committee thereupon, after giving the subject their most care¬ ful consideration, gave notice to the Committee of Visitors of the Kent County Asylum to determine the existing contracts 5 and there are now but 12 Kent patients (all males) in the Asylum, al^ of whom will be removed by the 18th of March next. The accom¬ modation thus afforded will, it is feared, be found inadequate to meet the demand which will then be made, and the Committee would suggest to the Court the propriety of still keeping in view the necessity that must arise at no distant period, of enlarging the Asylum. A communication having been received from the Vicar and in¬ habitants of Stone and its vicinity, calling attention to the lowness of the walls of the Asylum, and to the danger that might arise from the escape of any of the patients, the Committee caused a consider¬ able portion of the external wall fronting the road to be raised several courses, and they have every reason to believe that all future causes of complaint from that source will be avoided. The farm lands have received much care and attention during the past year, and a large quantity of produce has been obtained therefrom, which has greatly added to the comfort of the patients and the economical working of the Asylum. The Commissioners in Lunacy visited the Asylum on the 19th of November last, and a copy of the entry made by them in the Visitors’ Book is appended. Several of the suggestions made by them have been carried into effect, and others are under consi¬ deration. For further information respecting the Asylum, its management, and the treatment of the patients, reference is made to the Report of the Medical Superintendent, and to the accounts and tables ap¬ pended.