The eleventh annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1862 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The eleventh annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1862 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Farm, ancl the change in Diet which it affords has been appre¬ ciated by the Patients. The principal Crops grown upon the Farm and in the Gardens have been 40 Loads of Hay, 39 Quarters of Oats, 210 Tons of Wurzel, 2 Acres of Eye Grass, 6 of Vetches, 4,000 Bushels of Cabbage, 113 Bushels of Parsnips, 143 Bushels of Onions, 157 Bushels of Garden Peas and Beans, 3,515 Lettuces, and 440 Bundles of Bhubarb. A considerable quantity of other useful kinds of Vegetables has been grown for the use of the House. Cabbages, Parsnips, Carrots, Lettuces, Peas, and Beans have been given to the Patients during the season; and Fruit was constantly supplied to the Infirmaries, and occasionally to the other Wards. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, GEOBGE II. HENDEBSON. Steward. To the Committee of Visitors, Colney Hatch Asylum,