The ninth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter sessions, 1860 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The ninth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter sessions, 1860 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    proximity of the Kitchens to the Dining Halls lias greatly facilitated the serving of the dinners, and added, it is hoped, to the comfort of the Patients. The remodelling of the Staff of Officers, Attendants, and Servants, and the revision of their Salaries and Duties, have been an important feature in the labours of the Committee. The Salaries of the Medical Superintendents, the Clerk to the Committee, the Steward, the Clerk of the Asylum, the Clerk of the Works, the Dispenser, and some of the Sub¬ ordinate Officers, have been increased, with due regard to the additional work thrown upon them by the enlargement of the Building, and the increase in the number of Patients, Two additional Medical Assistants, and one additional Head Male Attendant, have also been added to the Staff of the Asylum. No difficulty has been found in obtaining additional Male Attendants; but on the Female side an eligible class of Candidates is by no means so easy to be procured. The large increase in the number of Female Patients, as well as in the size of the Building appropriated to them, had rendered it impossible for a single Matron to do full justice to those entrusted to her charge and supervision. The health of Mrs. Meriton had long been failing, and she found herself unable efficiently to discharge her duties. She accordingly tendered her resignation, and having laid before the Committee a Medical Certificate of incompetence to con¬ tinue to perform her duties, her resignation was accepted, and a pension of £160 a year, being two-thirds of her Salary then payable, lias been granted to her.