Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the Borough of Birmingham, presented to the Town Council in February, 1856, being their fifth annual report : together with the reports of the Medical Superintendent and Chaplain also an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year 1855 / Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum.

  • Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the Borough of Birmingham, presented to the Town Council in February, 1856, being their fifth annual report : together with the reports of the Medical Superintendent and Chaplain also an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year 1855 / Birmingham Borough Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the intention of the Committee to continue thus furnishing and improving the Day Rooms and Galleries, as they may deem it expedient. The workshop erected this year is found of great service for Patients to work in, when the weather is such they cannot get on the grounds, and at other times for a class of Patients not able to be out of doors. Many minor works have also been done by the Patients through the year, to the advantage of the Asylum. The supply of water from the well has continued constant and good, and the ventilation and drainage of the House satis¬ factory. The amusements provided for the Patients have been similar to those previously reported: the Monday Evening Concerts being most prominent; on these occasions the Patients’ friends and some strangers are often admitted, and a pleasant evening is passed in singing, music, and dancing. Many of the Patients have been permitted to visit their friends in the town ; this privilege in no one instance has been abused. Many instructive and amusing Lectures have also been delivered to the Patients by gentlemen of Birmingham, to which the Patients listen with seeming attention. In conclusion, your Committee have the satisfaction to report well of every department of the Establishment. C. STURGE, Chairman, 1856.