Fourth annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • St. John's Hospital (Stone, Buckinghamshire, England)
Date:
[1857]
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Credit: Fourth annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gallery on the female side solely as a dormitory several advantages have been obtained, and an additional amount of accommodation made available. The men’s wards are still only about half occupied. We learn that the Justices have hitherto hesitated to receive patients from out Counties, in consequence of the deficient supply of water, but as a piece of land containing sources of supply has been purchased we hope that no time will be lost in rendering it available, so as to enable the Committee to admit a larger number of patients from the surround¬ ing districts, whereby a great boon would be conferred on other localities, and a direct benefit derived by this Establishment in the diminution of the weekly charge for maintenance. Since the last visit of the Commissioners in July, 1855, 80 patients have been admitted, 45 have been discharged, and 27 have died from various causes. The statutory records are properly filled up, and the Case Book is kept in a very satisfactory manner. The condition of the Asylum and patients is very good, and we regret to learn that the Institution is about to lose the services of Mr. Millar, to whom the present creditable state of the patients is, in our opinion, mainly due. C o minis s ione rs in Lunacy. W. G. CAMPBELL, C. GASKELL, f