The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Devon County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
[1860?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE, No. 6. NUMBER OF PATIENTS ORDINARILY EMPLOYED, December, 1859. Cleaning Galleries, Bed-Rooms, Knives and Forks, Making Beds, and other Domestic Occupations Assisting the Steward Assisting the Masons Assisting the Baker Assisting the Brewer Assisting the Engineer Bookbinder Blacksmiths Cutting up Firewood Carrying Coals Carpenters Coir Pickers . Attending to Pigs Organist Hat Makers Weaver Painters Tailors . . . «. Turning the Mangle Turning the Washing Machine Washing Clothes Basket Maker . Gardening and Spade Husbandry Working in the Stables Shoe Makers . I * 30 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 6 51 2 1 3 1 3 5 1 1 l 1 60 3 7 Total 194 FEMALES. Cleaning Galleries, Bed-Rooms, Knives and ) Forks, Making Beds, and other Domestic 5.7 Occupations . . . j Laundry, Washing House, &c. . . 38 Kitchen Helpers . . .12 Stocking Knitters . . .11 Needle Workers . . .106 Lacemakers . . • • 4 Total . • .223 Total number of Male and Female Patients Employed 417