The reports of the County Lunatic Asylums at Lancaster, Prestwich, & Rainhill : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session held on the 4th of January 1854 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the respective treasurers of the said asylums.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The reports of the County Lunatic Asylums at Lancaster, Prestwich, & Rainhill : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session held on the 4th of January 1854 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the respective treasurers of the said asylums. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF VISITORS OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC mm AT RAINH1LL, TO THE Adjourned Annual Sessions held January 4th, 1854. The Committee of Visitors of the Rainhill County Lunatic Asylum have much pleasure in being able to speak in satisfactory terms of the progress of the institution during the past year. Considerable progress has been made in the laying out of the grounds: new walks have been formed which will be found very useful for the exercise of the patients; and no small proportion of planting has been effected. The kitchen-garden has been enlarged; and, as it was found that the rock was very near the surface, much of it has been removed, and soil substituted, which has increased the supply of vegetables for the use of the Asylum, and has been a healthy employment for the patients. The remaining projected out-houses have been completed: a cottage for the farmer, a farm stable, accommodation for eighty pigs &c., have been provided. The Commissioners in Lunacy recommended that additional accom¬ modation should be provided in the washing department, which has been done. They also suggested the providing additional furniture for the wards, which is now preparing by the patients under proper superin¬ tendence. The Commissioners also strongly urged the necessity of