Sixth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sixth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    years, and when engaged was led to expect that at the end of three years an increase of her salary would be made, if her conduct proved satisfactory, which has been so entirely. Mr. Hume has held his office from the opening of the Asylum, and your Committee unanimously considered that his application for an increase of salary was well founded. As a means of an additional supply of water to the Asylum, we resolved to drain the garden with pipes conducting the water by a main drain into the tanks. The result was, that after 48 hours’ rain the tanks were entirely filled. The supply from the roofs of the building had always failed to have that effect. Since the drains have been made, much rain water has in wet weather flowed away in addition to filling the tanks, so that in ordinary seasons an ample supply may‘he calculated upon. The unusual absence of rain this year has for some weeks past necessitated the hauling of water from the brook, and therefore it becomes necessary to consider whether additional means for storing the supply of rain water should * not he resorted to. It will be remembered that last year the weekly pay for the Patients was reduced from 10s. 6d. to 9s. 6d. We have now the pleasure to state that we have been enabled again to reduce the weekly pay from the 1st April last to 8s. 9d. per week, and from the 1st October last to 8s. 6d. per week. Your Committee reported last year a resolution to admit Private Patients, under certain regulations, at the same rate of pay as Pauper Patients, but at the same time stated their doubts whether the practice could be continued. The advantages to persons in humble life, not actually Paupers, was so manifest, that your Committee determined, notwith¬ standing the doubts they entertained, to give it a trial. We are now grieved to say that on account of the increase of