The report of the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, from January 1, 1869, to December 31, 1869 : also, the state of the accounts for the year.

  • Northampton General Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The report of the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, from January 1, 1869, to December 31, 1869 : also, the state of the accounts for the year. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    One quarter’s payment is made at the time of admission, and the payments are afterwards made quarterly and in advance. The Committee do not bind themselves to make any return of payment on account of the first quarter. The friends of Patients are invited to satisfy themselves of the condition of their relatives, and the treatment they receive, by making frequent visits to the Institution. Patients may be visited on any day, except Sunday, between the hours of Ten and Twelve, or Two and Four. If the friends, or those who are security for the board, wish to remove a Patient, they shall give five days’ notice in writing to the Medical Superintendent. With every Patient a supply of suitable clothing must be brought to the Hospital, together with an Inventory of the same, and of any other property left with the Patient ; and when a Patient’s clothes are worn out or destroyed, they must be renewed as often as necessary by the person responsible for the Patient’s board on notice to that effect being given, and should such notice not be attended to, the Medical Superintendent may order the clothes necessary for the Patient, the expense of which shall be charged to the next quarter’s account. * The utmost attention and care are exercised in the classification of the Patients, according to their habits and different degrees of mental aberration. Ample means of amusement and occupation are provided, and every method is resorted to for the amelioration of the condition of the inmates. The utmost liberty, consistent with safety, is permitted, and carriage exercise provided daily for those requiring it. Divine service is performed twice every Sunday in the Chapel, and prayers are read each morning by the Chaplain, who devotes the whole of his time to his duties at the Hospital. A Library is provided for the use of the patients, containing publications of a cheerful and instructive character. The Institution is pleasantly situated in a healthy locality, within a short distance of the Town of Northampton.