The report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session held on the 27th of Dec., 1860 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1861
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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 27th of Dec., 1860 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ One patient of each sex was in seclusion. “ There is no record of any instance of restraint since our last visit, hut seclusion for various periods appears to have been resorted to in cases of excitement. “ The regulations relative to the occupations and amusements of the patients remain the same, and a large number of both sexes are regularly and usefully employed. Prayers are read daily in the work-room, and the full service of the church is performed twice on Sunday. A large number of patients attend. Personally the patients were clean and the clothing good, but we should be very glad to see a greater variety of material introduced for the dresses of both sexes. “ The wards and beds were in good condition and generally in a satisfactory state. We recommend, however, that the mattrasses should be examined, and that those which are insufficiently filled should be re-stuffed. “We recommend also the introduction of blinds in the dormi¬ tories, and also seats. “ As regards the accommodation for washing, to which allusion was made at our last visit, we find that additional basons have been put in lavatories to the extent of one bason to about five patients, but no washstands have been introduced in the domi- tories.