Forty-ninth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 15th January, 1863.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Forty-ninth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 15th January, 1863. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PATIENTS ARE ADMITTED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS. EAST HOUSE. Board of Patients from privileged Parishes, 8/3 PER Week. First Rate for other Patients, 9/6 & 10/6 // Second // if 15/ // WEST HOUSE. Third Rate of Board, .... £1 1 0 PER Week. Fourth // ff .... 1 11 6 tt Fifth // ff .... 2 2 0 r; Sixth // ff .... 3 3 0 ft Seventh * ff .... 4 4 0 r/ Eighth // ff .... 6 6 0 !/ A Fee, on admission, is paid to the Institution by each Patient at the Second rate of Board and upwards. Should the Patient remain a year or longer, the Fee is charged on the espiry of the year, and that of each succeeding year of the Patient’s residence in the Asylum. THE TWO FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE IN EVERY CASE INDISPENSABLE. I. Order from the Sheriff, in terms of the Statute 20 and 21 Yic. cap. 71, which will be granted on the presentation of Certificates of Lunacy, by two Medical Practitioners, together with a Petition and Statement by a Relative or Guardian of the Patient. Patients can also be admitted on a Certificate of Emergency, but for three days only. II. Writtenb Oligations for Payment of Board, as well as for due observance of the Rules of the Institution, from one or two responsible persons resident in Glasgow; or, in the case of Parish Paupers, from an Inspector of Poor. Forms of these documents will be furnished by the Physician, Dr. Mackintosh, Royal Lunatic Asylum, Gartnavel; or by the Secretary and Treasurer, Donald Cuthbertson, Esq. 110 West George-street, Glasgow. GENERAL REGULATIONS. 1. The first Quarter’s Board shall be paid previous to admission, and thereafter at the beginning of the regular quarterly terms of 1st January, 1st April, 1st July, and 1st October. 2. No part of the Board, for the first Quarter, of Patients at and above the rate of Fifteen Shillings per week, shall be returned,