Thirteenth annual report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton : October, 1868.

  • State Lunatic Hospital (Northampton, Mass.)
Date:
1869
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Credit: Thirteenth annual report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton : October, 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At each of eighteen of the lectures there were more than three hundred persons in the audience. The most numerous attendance was at the eighth lecture, when the number was three hundred and twenty-one, of whom one hundred and forty-three were men, and one hundred and seventy-eight women. The smallest gathering was upon the fifth evening, and was composed of one hundred and eleven men, and one hundred and fifty-nine women, a total of two hundred and seventy. The average attendance for the thirty-one evenings was: of men, one hundred and thirty-two (181.81) ; of women, one hundred and sixty-eight (168.58) ; and of both sexes, three hundred (800.39). This exceeds that of any antecedent year by seventeen (17.48). For the lecture upon Astronomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, we are indebted to Mr. J. W. Cadwell, of Spring- field. The thirty other lectures were delivered by the Super¬ intendent. Other Entertainments.—In the course of the year there were four entertainments in the chapel which cannot properly be classed in any of the foregoing divisions. Two of them were concerts of instrumental music, one an exhibition of “ dancing fairies,” and one an exhibition with the oxy-hydrogen micro¬ scope. One of the concerts was a gratuitous contribution to our enjoyment by the “ Young Gent’s Band,” of Northampton. For the pleasure derived from the exhibition of the “ fairies,” likewise gratuitous, we are indebted to Mr. Cadwell. The attendance upon these occasions, of persons resident in the hospital, was as follows :— Men. Women. Total. Young Gents’ concert, . . 144 172 316 Second musical concert, . 135 176 311 Fairies, .... . 150 190 340 Microscope, .... . 189 177 316 Average attendance, . 142 178.75 320.75 As these entertainments were extraordinary, as well as attractive, they uniformly drew large audiences. Thus closes the account of all the gatherings in the chapel, of which there were three hundred and thirteen, in the course