Twenty-fourth 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, 17th June, 1844.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Twenty-fourth 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, 17th June, 1844. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABSTRACT OF THE DUNDEE LUNATIC ASYLUM ACCOUNTS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31sT MARCH 1844. 3 Salaries,—viz. EXPENDITURE. Superintendent, Matron, Physician, Chaplain, . Secretary, Treasurer, . House Servants, £200 0 0 70 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 424 6 0 £864 6 0 Less fees drawn for Patients, 60 7 6 Kl P Interest,. Butcher meat,—viz. 655 Stones 6 lib @ 5s 7d per stone, £182 19 6 590 Stones 7 lib @ 6s 8d per stone, . 196 15 7 Ox and Sheep Heads, Hearts, &c., . 2 6 4 £803 18 6 457 5 2 Bread,—viz. 4,434^ Loaves @52d, £108 78 “ 5d 1 4,430 “ 5|d 98 51 “ 4£d 0 a 30 Pecks Flour Is 6d, 2 25,240 Bannocks @ 10^d, per 24, . . 46 Fruit, ... 3 Bran, ... 0 *382 1 5 11 1 12 6 16 6 19 1 5 0 5 9 2 0 4 10 Milk,—viz. 7,320 galls. @ 9d per gall., Sugar. Tea,. , Rice, coffee, spices, &c., . Butter, .... Oil,. Candle,. .. Cheese, .... c Coals, . Potatoes, .... UMeal,. il| Barley, .... , I Beer,. jFish,. < 3 Straw and hay, ^Soap $ . . . . . : i Incidents, . |f Gas, ..... 3 i: Medicines, a SRents, &c. I. Paid. Feu-duty (paid Guthrie’s Trustees), . £82 Insurance, . . 13 Prison assessment, 3 Assessed taxes, . 13 £261 16 9 £274 116 87 7 103 2 3 22 144 127 206 82 79 17 33 100 245 32 33 10 0 12 3 11 0 13 11 13 1 12 0 1 5 19 6 12 8 1 3 3 5 16 15 2 14 2 9 ea V„ U S3 a if ■•i 0 10 7 0 0 2 0 11 vti II. Received I |F eu-duty from 1 J. Wright’s JJ 3 Heirs, £4 6 10 JRent from e. 0 John Grant, 24 5 0 Excess of income, £111 8 11 28 11 10 10 6 82 17 1 £3709 4 8 871 5 8 £4580 10 4 INCOME. Boards. . . £4234 17 10 Deduct debt due for Mrs Stewart’s board,—it hav¬ ing turned out to be a bad debt, 88 15 11 Donations. 1. Legacy by the late Robert Stir¬ ling, Less legacy duty, and expenses of discharge, £300 0 0 31 15 0 £4146 1 11 2. Other Donations, Patients’ labour, £268 5 0 3 6 0 271 11 0 162 17 5 £4580 10 4 * Besides the butcher-meat paid for to the Contractor, there were 342 stones of pork fed on the premises, and used in th« House ; and aU the vegetables required (excepting potatoes) were reared in the Asylum garden.