Nineteenth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nineteenth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ recommended, with a view as well as to safety as to improved “ ventilation, the lighting of all Dormitories on the first fioor by ‘‘ small fan-lights in the ceiling. ‘‘ Making enquiry under the Statute as to the visitation and management here, w^e find that the Committee devote much “ time and attention to the welfare of the institution and its inmates,—meeting once a month for general business and dis- charge of patients ; once in six weeks, when all the patients are seen and the Wards visited ; and holding quarterly meet- “ ings for special financial purposes. The Asylum continues also “ to derive the greatest advantage from Dr. Sherlock’s ability “ and experience, and from his manifest personal interest in the patients of whom he has the charge. (Signed) ‘‘JOHN FOESTER, | Commissionees ' “JOHN D. CLEATON,] in Lunacy.”