The sixth annual report of the committee for and Darenth Schools and Asylum for imbeciles, to 31st December, 1880.

  • Metropolitan District School and Asylum for Imbeciles at Darenth.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The sixth annual report of the committee for and Darenth Schools and Asylum for imbeciles, to 31st December, 1880. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    it does to the educational acquirements of, and to the progress made by the children under her supervision,—is of enhanced interest when coupled with the fact that it is the last which the Managers will receive from a lady to whose energies and endeavours they are in so large a measure indebted for the success with which their efforts towards the amelioration and improvement of the physical and mental condition of the imbecile pauper children of the Metropolis have been at¬ tended. Miss Wright was appointed to succeed Miss Stephens, but did not enter upon her duties until towards the close of the year. The average cost per head per day for the maintenance and clothing of the children in the Schools and of the patients in the Adult Asylum has been at the rate of lO^d. and lOf d. for the half-years ended at Lady-day and Michaelmas res¬ pectively. In July the final settlement of Messrs. Perry & Co.’s claim for the erection of the School buildings was effected. 4 The tillage and cultivation of the farm land has been energetically proceeded with during the year, and favourable results are anticipated. Plans for the erection of Male and Female Infirmaries for the Adult Asylum, at an estimated cost of £15,000, have been approved by the Local Government Board. The con¬ struction of these buildings will be proceeded with forthwith. The despatch of a circular letter to several parishes and unions, protesting against the practice of sending old and