Twenty-first annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1865 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Twenty-first annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1865 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Oliver, the wife of our late Superintendent, Dr.Oliver, had held the office of Matron for 21 years, from the establishment of the Institu- tion. In consideration of her long and faithful Services, the Yisitors granted her an annuity, by way of Superannuation, of two-thirds her Salary, namely £66. 13s. 4d. and the Court of Quarter Sessions confirmed the grant. Advertisements were issued for a new Matron, and on the 21st October, Miss Ann Jones was elected Matron. Miss Jones had held a similar office for some time in the Wolverhampton General Hospital, and she entered upon her duties at the Asylum on the 9th December. The quantity of land in cultivation has frequently been reported to the Court as insufficient to supply room for labour to all those Patients who might be employed with advantage. The Yisitors have done all they can to remedy this defect, during the last year, cultivating the land rather as a garden than as a farm as hitherto, and considerable advantage has arisen from this course, but still the Yisitors consider more land necessary. During the last year seven Attendants have been dismissed for misconduct, During the year the charge to the Unions and Parishes for maintenance of- Patients has remained 8s. 9d. notwithstanding the higher price of provisions, and that exceptional expenses have been incurred by boarding 70 Patients at Prestwich and Denbigh. On the 5th April in this year the Commissioners in Lunacy visited the Asylum. Their Report will be printed with the Accounts. In the two last years in their reports, the Commissioners have called the attention of the Yisitors to the inadequate size of the Chapel. The Yisitors agree with the Commissioners, and probably this question will receive the early attention of your new Committee. ( Signed) JOHN BATHER, CHAIRMAN.