The report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session held on the 29th of December 1859 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session held on the 29th of December 1859 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    » The health of the patients has been very good; and the Super¬ intendent’s report, it is anticipated, will show a marked decrease in the number of deaths. During1 the year, 72 males and 94 females were admitted into the Asylum ; 51 males and 60 females were discharged, of whom 38 males and 48 females were cured, and 24 males and 24 females died. On the 28th instant, 242 males and 257 females remained on the books of the Establishment. The patients have been maintained at an uniform weekly charge of 7s. 7d. each. No change has taken place among the superior officers, who have been indefatigable in the discharge of their various duties, and whose conduct has been in all respects most satisfactory. Ever since January 1854, successive Committees of Visitors have represented to the Court the great difficulties experienced by them in their endeavours to retain accommodation for such urgent cases as appeared to be specially dependant on immediate treat¬ ment tor their hope of ultimate recovery, and have recommended an enlargement of the Asylum to meet the requirements of a very rapidly increasing population; but up to the present time nothing has been done to meet those representations. On this subject your Committee would reiterate with increased earnestness, the observations and suggestions of former Committees.