Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, 31st December, 1868 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1869
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, 31st December, 1868 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IR/ E PO ML T OF THE COMMITTEE OF VISITORS OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT PRESTWICK, TO THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL SESSION, HELD AT PRESTON, ON THURSDAY, THE 81st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1868. To Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, in Annual General Session assembled. County Lunatic Asylum, Prestwick, 30th December, 1868. In accordance with the provisions of the Act 16 and 17 Vic-t., cap. 97, the Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich, present their yearly report to the Court of Annual General Session. The Asylum is capable of accommodating 1,000 patients, viz : —475 males, and 525 females, and on this day there are 984 on the books of the establishment.