Twenty-sixth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1870 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-sixth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1870 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That the expenditure of the past quarter has been as follows :—■ £. s. d. Maintenance and Necessaries .. 1838 11 4 Salaries 528 15 3 Clothing . . 303 12 4 Purniture and Bedding 144 6 11 Bepairs . . 154 18 1 Sundries . . 63 7 4 And the present balance due from the Treasurer is on the Maintenance Account £2389. 12s. Id.—and to the Treasurer on the Building Account £127. lls. 6d. The number of Patients in the Asylum at the close of last year was 505, the present number is 509. There is vacant accommo¬ dation in the Asylum for 12 males and 4 females. The Buildings of the Asylum are, as the Surveyor reports, in a satisfactory state of repair. The Nurses and Attendants have conducted themselves generally to the satisfaction of the Visitors, there having been only two dismissals of Attendants for misconduct during the year. At the beginning of this year the weekly cost of maintenance was reduced from 9s. 7^-d. to 9s. 4d. and a further reduction was made to 8s. 9d. in June last. As the land belonging to the Asylum was insufficient to afford employment to the able- bodied Lunatic Paupers, the Visitors rented five acres of land for this year, and they have reason to be satisfied with the experiment, as it has afforded the required employment with some gain to the funds of the Asylum. The Visitors have pleasure in reporting that they continue to be satisfied with the care and skill of the Superintendent, Mr. Ley, and the present medical Officer, Mr. Davies, and the rest of the Officers aud Attendants of the Asylum.