Forty-first annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 13th January, 1855.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Forty-first annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 13th January, 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ments they entered into this year with the City Parish for the supply of clothing* to the Glasgow Pauper Patients, has proved to be very beneficial to these unfortunate per¬ sons. The Sheriffs, as usual, visited the Asylum frequently in the course of the year, and expressed themselves sa¬ tisfied with the appearance of the Patients and the state of the House. They were accompanied, as the Statute directs, by two Members of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Before closing this Report, the Directors avail them¬ selves, with much pleasure, of the opportunity it affords them for again expressing to the Contributors and the Public the high opinion which the Directors continue to entertain of the character and talents of the Physician Superintendent. The care uniformly bestowed by Dr. Mackintosh on the health and comfort of the Patients, which has been especially conspicuous during the past year; the vigilance he has exercised over all who are employed under him in the service of the Institution; and his unwearied attention to every department of its business, justly entitle him to the highest approbation of the Directors. Lastly, the Directors would present their best thanks to the gentlemen composing the Weekly Committee for their valuable services during the year. They would like¬ wise thank the thirteen House Visitors for their continued attention to the particular duty which devolved upon them; as well as the other Medical and Surgical Officers, the Treasurer and Secretary, the Chaplain, the Super¬ intendent of Ladies, and other Officers, for their services during the same period.