Reports for the year 1891 of the statistical committee and the medical superintendents of the infectious hospitals and imbecile asylums, also of the ambulance & training ship "Exmouth" committees (6th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England). Statistical Committee.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Reports for the year 1891 of the statistical committee and the medical superintendents of the infectious hospitals and imbecile asylums, also of the ambulance & training ship "Exmouth" committees (6th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Spiritual Instruction. Training Ship “ Exmouth,” Off Grays, January, 1892. Dear Sir, I beg to forward my Annual Report as to the religious training and instruction of the boys during the past year. I have much pleasure in saying that the reverence and interest displayed by the boys in the service on board is certainly increasing, as is shown by the marked improvements in the heartiness with which all join in them, and the attention shown to the addresses given at those services. The choir would compare favourably with those of many churches where every musical aid is obtainable. The Holy Communion has been administered several times during the last year, and has been well attended. The boys have shown much interest in the scripture and religious instruction given, especially when the instruction has been brought to bear, as has been my endeavour, upon their own daily life and routine of duty, and on things with which they are familiar, and in this endeavour I have been ably assisted by the Schoolmasters, my colleagues. There are, at this moment, 113 candidates for confirmation under instruction, whom I hope to present to the Bishop on Friday, January 29th. I consider the general tone and conduct of the boys so far as has come under my notice most encouraging, and this impression has been strengthened by interviews which I have had with boys who have visited the ship after joining the Royal Navy or regimental bands, by the excellent behaviour and courteous demeanour of the boys of the choir when I had the pleasure of receiving them at my house during the summer, and by the readiness with which the boys in the Infirmary (of whom at the time there were a good many), during Nurse Catton’s illness, maintained quietness and order, and gave as little trouble as possible. I beg, Sir, to thank you and my brother officers, especially the Schoolmasters, for your kindly co-operation and interest in my work, and for the readiness with which every suggestion I make is received and, if possible, acted upon, and for the many valuable suggestions which have been made to me by yourself and the Schoolmasters as regards the service or the instruction. I have to thank Mr. Haslock and Mr. Hamilton for their very kind assistance during the past year in my work. I am, Sir, Yours very faithfully, R. T. WHITTINGTON, Chaplain of the Training Ship “ Exmouth,” and Canon of St, Albans Cathedral. Captain Bourchier, R.N,