The second annual report of the Committee of Visitors, of the County Lunatic Asylum, at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1853 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
Date:
1853
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Credit: The second annual report of the Committee of Visitors, of the County Lunatic Asylum, at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1853 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    survive three months from their admission, and that a large majority of those brought to the Asylum since its opening have been long afflicted, and confined in private asylums, or workhouses, the number is probably not greater than might have been expected. Although your Committee regret that during the year a few Patients escaped, all were speedily brought back to the Asylum without injury, with the exception of one Male County Patient who eluded the vigilance of the Attendants, and of whom, notwithstanding extensive inquiries have been made, no information has been obtained. As, however, he appeared to be not dangerous to himself or others, and was far advanced towards recovery, the Visiting Justices trust that no bad consequences will ensue from that event. It is supposed that he may have gone to Ireland, of which he is a native, and where he was formerly in the consta¬ bulary. * The facility offered to the Relatives and Friends of the Patients, as well as to the parochial authorities, for visiting the Asylum, has been largely taken advantage of—no less a number than 12,384 visits having been made during the year. It is with much satisfaction the Visiting Justices inform the Court, that, notwithstanding the various impediments which the opening of an Asylum of such magnitude seemed to present, they were enabled to reduce the weekly cost for maintenance to 8.?. 2d, per Patient for the last six months of the year. The following items compose the weekly charge, by which