Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the Borough of Birmingham, presented to the Town Council on the twenty-eigth of March, 1854, being their third annual report : together with the reports of the Medical Superintendent and Chaplain also an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year 1853.

  • Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the Borough of Birmingham, presented to the Town Council on the twenty-eigth of March, 1854, being their third annual report : together with the reports of the Medical Superintendent and Chaplain also an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    two of their number, relative to the creditable condition and management of the Asylum. “ W. R. S. LUTWIDGE. To W. F. Knight, Clerk, dec. In conclusion, the Visitors have the satisfaction to report that no change has taken place in the superior Officers of this Establishment, and the management of the Asylum in every department reflects credit upon the manner in which their arduous duties have been performed. W. LUCY, January, 1854. Chairman. xJ ' . . . ' —— CHAPLAIN S REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF VISITORS. Gentlemen, I beg to report that the means which have been employed to promote the religious and moral well-being of the inmates of the Asylum during the past year, have been very similar to those, the details of which have been communicated to you in former reports ; and I am happy to be able to add that the results have been equally satisfactory. My general ministrations in the Asylum have been kindly received, as well by the Officers as by the Patients; and many of the latter have afforded, from time to time, simple though abundant and unmistakeable evidence that their residence in the Asylum and their attendance upon the means of grace therein provided for them have not been in vain; but, on the contrary, that much success has, under the Divine blessing, attended the efforts which have been made to improve the religious and moral condition of these heavily afflicted members of the human family. I have the honor to be, &c., T. C. ONION, M.A., January, 1854. Chaplain.