The seventh annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 52nd annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1910.

  • Brighton County Borough Asylum.
Date:
1911
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Credit: The seventh annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 52nd annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1910. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Weekly Maintenance Rate in respect of the four quarters of 1910 was fixed by the Committee as follows:— Corresponding 1910. Quarter of 1909 s. d. s. d. March Quarter . . 11 0 — II 0 June „ . . 10 9 — II 0 September ,, . . 10 0 — II 0 December ,, . . 9 9 — II 0 There have been several changes in the Medical and General Staff during the year. Dr. Walker, who had been in the service of the Asylum for 28 years, and had since 1900 held the office of Medical Superintendent, after an absence on leave for six months, was, in conse¬ quence of continued ill-health, and to the deep regret of the Committee, obliged to retire in May last, when he was granted a superannuation allowance. Dr. Charles Planck, who has been in the service of the Asylum since 1894, and who for the past ten years had been Senior Assistant Medical Officer, has been appointed to the office of Medical Superintendent. Dr. G. H. Harper-Smith, of Claybury Asylum, has been appointed Senior Assistant Medical Officer and Pathologist, and Dr. H. J. Forster, Second Assistant Medical Officer. The Housekeeper, Mrs. Woodhouse, has, to the regret of the Committee, also been compelled to resign on account of ill-health. She had completed 26^ years’ service, and has been granted a superannuation allow¬ ance. Miss Mary Darbyshire, the Assistant Female Officer, has been promoted to the position of House¬ keeper, and Mrs. Ethel Austins has been appointed Assistant Female Officer.