Fifty-fifth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 21st June, 1875 with the reports of the resident physician and treasurer of the institution.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1875
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fifty-fifth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 21st June, 1875 with the reports of the resident physician and treasurer of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    KATES OE BOARD. The following is the present rate of Board ; subject, however, to such w alterations as the Directors shall judge proper, and which must necessarily ;i vary according to the state of the funds and the expenses of the establish- ment. The Board in all cases must be paid quarterly, and in advance, if Before the entry of a patient, the Board is to be paid up for one quarter. First Class, including Clothes, &c., . Second Class, including Clothes, &c., Third Class, .... Fourth Class, Fifth Class, .... Sixth Class, Seventh Class, £0 10 0 per Week. 0 11 0 0 15 0 >} 1 1 1 11 2 2 3 3 0 6 0 0 5 ? The First Class : paupers belonging to the parishes that have contributed to the erection of the Asylum. * The Second Class : all other paupers. A Physician’s Fee on admission is payable by the several Classes of . patients as under : Third Class, Fourth Class, Fifth Class, Sixth Class, . Seventh Class, . £1 1 0 1 11 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 4 0 When a patient is admitted, one Quarter’s Board and the Physician’s Fee, as fixed by the Directors, shall be paid in advance to the Besident Physician, and afterwards in advance quarterly to the Treasurer, on the 1st day of January, the 1st of April, the 1st of July, and the 1st of October. No part of any payment in advance, except in the cases of paupers, shall be ./returned, except in special cases to be judged of by the Weekly Committee ; land if any patients who have been removed shall return to the Asylum, they iishall be admitted in the same manner as if they had never been in the yAsylum, and pay accordingly. Tf not removed within a year, the above fees dto be repeated annually at the date of admission, as long as the patient ^.remains in the House. No Fees are paid for Paupers. sThe Patient shall have no claim to remuneration for work done in the House. * See List at page 16.