The sixty-seventh report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31st, 1885.

  • Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum (Stafford, England)
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[1886]
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Credit: The sixty-seventh report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31st, 1885. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. -4- County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford, October 12 th, 1885. We have been occupied on Saturday last and this day in the inspection of the Asylum, and find that since our colleagues were here, rather more than 12 months ago, several important alterations have been completed. Amongst them we may notice—(1) The erection of staircases at the end of the building for exit in case of fire. We may mention that the staircases are very steep and handrails are needed. (2) A supply of water has been obtained from the brook, and it has been found possible to render the engine available at night, in the space of half an hour, for pressure in the hydrants. This is better than it was at our colleagues' visit, but the result cannot yet be called satisfactory. (3) All the outside of the Asylum has been painted. (4) The Dining and Recreation Hall is expected to be ready by Christmas. This work should be pushed on with all speed, as the patients all have now to dine in their wards. (5) The stone and stucco floors have been taken up and wood substituted in Female No. 4 and in the larger part of Male 1. (6) The new road to the farm has been finished, and a path for exercise round the boundary of the estate is almost completed, and trees and shrubs planted. The subjects which at this time appear to us to call for early attention are—(1) The w.c.'s in the old building, some of which ought to be removed or altered, as decency suggests that patients should not sit on seats vis-a-vis,