Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 29, 1864 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 29, 1864 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No change has taken place among the superior officers. The Visitors consider that great zeal has been shown by the Attendants in the exercise of the increased labours throw'll upon them by the rapid and extensive admission of Patients placed under their immediate care. The weekly charge for the maintenance of Patients belonging to Unions or Townships within the County has been 7s. 7d. throughout the year; that for the Unions mr Townships not within the County, and which consequentlyTlid not contribute to the original cost of building the Asylum, 14s. Your Committee regret to find that they are compelled to apply for a further sum to meet the outstanding claims consequent upon the enlargement ot the Asylum. Prior to the Session held oil the 9th September, 1863, the Court had granted £13,230 for the purpose of enabling the Committee to make such additions as would accommodate 400 Patients. At that Session the Court granted £5,600 to meet the cost incurred in obtaining accommo* elation for 500 instead of 400 Patients, to erect a Corridor, form a New Ptoad and Airing Courts, construct a Main Sewer and Drains, enlarge the Cas Works, and to cover other extra expenses, as Gas Fittings, Water Supply, &e. The Visitors were led to believe that the sum then voted would be sufficient to complete the buildings, but at the close of the year they discovered that the estimate had been insufficient. Shortly afterwards it was found that in consequence of the unexpected