Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : twenty-ninth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1893
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Credit: Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : twenty-ninth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS OF PATIENTS. This Table is compiled from the Quarterly Return of the Trade Instructors, Chief Attendant, and Head Nurse. It must be understood that the occupations are progres¬ sive, in order of difficulty, from 1 to 6 ; occupation in a higher grade usually implying familiarity with the lower grades. OCCUPATIONS OF BOYS. Number employed in each grade, with quality of work. Total number em¬ ployed. Grades of Work. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent. I. TAILORING. 1. Preliminary Work. 0 o 0 | o 0 2. Sewing Linings . 0 0 0 1 1 ° i 3. Do. Seams . 0 0 1 0 1 1 r P 4. Felling . 0 1 2 0 3 l o 5. Making Garments. 0 0 4 1 5 ' to 6. Machining . 0 0 0 0 0 • II. SHOEMAKING. h-» r aj 1. Preliminary Work. 1 0 1 0 2 $ 2. Stitching Backs . 0 0 2 0 2 % 3. Closing Sides. 0 0 2 1 3 1- 3 4. Patching aud Nailing . 0 0 0 0 0 £ 5. Repairing. 0 3 0 0 3 S 6. Bottoming (making) . 0 2 1 0 3 to III. JOINERY. 1. Preliminary Work (use of tools) 1 6 11 0 18 ) to 2. Planing at Bench. 0 0 1 0 1 CD 3. Making frames . 0 0 o 0 0 <—\ O 4. Making simple boxes, &c. 0 o 1 0 1| B' 5. Work at Bench (Dovetailing, &c.) 0 1 0 0 1 CD to 6. Making Furniture. 0 1 1 3 5 ' IV. GARDENING. 1. Preliminary work in weeding class ... 5 9 4 4 22 Weed- ingBoys. 2. Barrow filling and emptying . 0 0 4 0 4 h-J CD 3. Weeding amongst crops . 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. Picking peas, fruits, &c. 0 1 6 0 7 p t~{ 5. Digging . 1 0 1 0 2 p. 6. Potato setting, &c. (can also dig). 0 0 2 1 3 p cd *-t to V. OUT-DOOR WORK. Miscellaneous Work under Labour Master . 1 7 10 3 + 21 f Others employed during haytime, &c.