Suggestions as to the expediency of erecting a public asylum for the insane, belonging to the counties of Cumberland & Westmorland : in a series of letters to Edward Williams Hasell, esq., chairman of the Quarter Sessions / by Richard Oliver.

  • Oliver, Richard.
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[1842-1843]
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Credit: Suggestions as to the expediency of erecting a public asylum for the insane, belonging to the counties of Cumberland & Westmorland : in a series of letters to Edward Williams Hasell, esq., chairman of the Quarter Sessions / by Richard Oliver. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Chn irman of the Quarter Sesuons for the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, Sir,—Maviog been indebted to tbepoliteness of the Clerk of the Peace for permission to examine the Lunatic Returns ordered by the Magistrates at the last Quarter Sessions for Cumberland, I have taken the liberty to draw up a summary of the same, and to submit to your notice, and to that of the other Gentlemen in the Commission ol the Peace within these Counties, the subjoined observations on this subject. The Returns shew that at the present time there are 169 Insane Persons in the County of Cumberland chargeable to their respective Parishes; and that, exclusive of the costs ut Removal and other incidental expenses, the sum requisite tor their annual maintenance is ^1,922 6s. 5d. The following tabular view of their distribution, and of the cost incurred on account of them, under various forms of management, may possibly be found useful with regard to this part of the subject: — to o:' CO to o 05 o o 55 s io to 05 Or ^ t: r c p n X > ^ ^ ft O O > so ' “ Z o ?: g ^ ” 5 H < U : r, 5 2 K ft :: 5 H ^ M ft c z ® 55 . c • : H : : s : o o V* ft 2 21 o «— to »- CO ^ C5 W <— CO O' CO »— B s 1-4 CO * ^QC4^toa04^OOtO* Q _ o cococooooP~S •*4C5COO*^^OC**00 0*C0»|^C0Ot»52r C 05 *—o O so ^ O 2 CCCCOO'— teto^o* COCJOOr- coofi o o»-cnocoooo 0*P»^000<t50C* CCOOOOOCQt o o ; CO to Co •— >4-C5C5COH^C005tO ... — D •^OODOC^CTjO'^IO* q ^ o OOCCOCCDOOO-^ a c c/: p > p 09 c rf-M a ^ ^ o> tc o o ' ? O to fh Tis o lOhSMhOIOKl— 2. p. cy if-co — owoiooo H . . M ^ w •— 09 ' p. *-Gcoc5ao05OO* Q C5 - o 00C00C5000.^ H o £ The average w- ekly cost of maintenance is as follows In Asylums 8s, Od. | With Friends 2s. 6d. In Workhouses 2s. Id. | Boarded out 4s. lid. So far as appears from the returns, the average age of the whole number is about 40 years and six weeks. Years. Months. Weeks. Of those boarded out 47 ••• 0 ... 0 Boarded with friends 35 ... 8 ••• 0 In Workhouses 39 ... 0 ... 6 In Asylums 38 .. 9 ... 0 With respect to the duration of their malady, about 60