Twenty-third annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1867 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Twenty-third annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the borough of Wenlock, 1867 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the death of a Patient. His dismissal was reported to the Commis¬ sioners in Lunacy. The weekly rate for maintenance was raised from 9s. 4d. per week to 10s. 2^d. per week from Midsummer last, partly owing to increased price of provisions, and partly to the larger expenditure for clothing and bedding. The Commissioners in Lunacy visited the Asylum on the 12th of November, 1867. Their report is appended, and will be read to the Court. The Visitors do not concur in the propriety of convert¬ ing the present Chapel into a dining and recreation room, and build¬ ing a new Chapel elsewhere. The Visitors have received with plea¬ sure the testimony borne by the Commissioners at their last visit to the improvements which have been effected since 1865, and which are visible “ in the conduct, demeanour, and personal appearance the Patients, and they concur with them in thinking that great praise is due to Mr. Ley, the Superintendent, for the zeal and activity he has displayed in the management of the Asylum. ( Signed) JOHN BATHER, Chairman.