The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at the castle of Chester, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 2nd day of July, 1855.

  • Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1855
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Credit: The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at the castle of Chester, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 2nd day of July, 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This number being more than the Asylum was capable of accommodating, the Committee of Yisitors found that it would be necessary to enlarge the building, as well as to erect a new chapel, the present one having become unsafe, and too small for the number of patients who are able to attend. In consequence, also, of the present Lunacy Act requiring that the Medical Superintendent should be resident, and the Asylum not being adapted for this purpose, it was determined to erect a Superintendent’s bouse on the grounds near to the main building. The cost of these alterations, including the additional furniture that will be required, will be about £12,000, for which a grant has been obtained from the Quarter Sessions. These works are now in progress, and when complete, which will probably be in the course of the present year, accommodation will be provided for about 300 patients, and the Asylum made equal to most of the modern Institutions in the kingdom. In June last, two of the Commissioners in Lunacy visited the Asylum, and entered the following report in the minute book :— “ Chester County Asylum, “ June, 2, 1854. “We, the undersigned, Commissioners in Lunacy, have this “ day visited the Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum. “We have had much pleasure in observing that various “ improvements have taken place in the Establishment since our “last visit, and in learning that others are in progress. The “ condition and appearance of the patients, (which are evidently “much improved), we are disposed to refer to the alterations