Seventeenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1862 [i.e. 1861] / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Seventeenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1862 [i.e. 1861] / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    materially promote the main object of its establishment, although some of these can hardly be said to have yet come into operation. The removal of the Piggeries from their original site near the Laundry and near the South East or newest Female Wing, to a separate and detached position about 70 yards from the nearest part of the inhabited Building, has not only done away with an abominable nuisance, but has afforded the vacated space for an enlargement of the Washhouse and Laundry that was much wanted,, and for the introduction of most efficient means for washing and drying the Clothes and Bedding of the Patients. This most desirable object has not yet been quite accomplished; but it is expected that in the course of a few weeks, the new arrangements in this department will be in full operation, The arrangements of the Kitchen and the Brewhouse continue* to give complete satisfaction. An improvement has been effected in many of the Windows, which were formerly so loosely fitted in their frames, and so. incon¬ venient on account of their having been made to slide horizontally, that they afforded little protection against the vicissitudes of external temperature. They are now in a very satisfactory state. The Drainage and the Water supply are in an efficient state, and the general sanitary arrangements of the institution are satisfactory. The ordinary means for the employment of the Patients have undergone no material change during the past year, and the principal desideratum in this way now is the establishment of a good Carpenters’ Shop and general work yard. The improvement and great extension of the Washhouse and Laundry will shortly afford the means for employing a much larger number of Women in this department than has hitherto been practicable. The employment of all the, best workmen in the institution upon these works has caused the postponement of several matters which usually obtain immediate attention. Among these may be particularly mentioned its interference with the regular half-yearly White-washing. The detriment occasioned by this postponement iSH a more serious thing than might be supposed by persons who are not