First annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1854
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Credit: First annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Committee first applied to the Government for a loan of money, without success; then (having failed to procure tenders by advertising) to several Insurance Companies, and ultimately contracted with the London Life Association for the loan of £30,000, at £4. 10s. per cent, per annum, the principal to be repaid by equal annual instalments in thirty years, £26,666. 13s. 4d. by the County, and £3,333. 6s. 8cl. by the City of Worcester; such £30,000 to he advanced as required in sums of not less than £5,000 each, these being the best terms offered for the loan. Much delay took place in arranging all necessary particulars and making out the contract, and it was not until Easter Sessions, 1850, that the Clerk certified that the same had been approved by the Secretary of State and (on the 9th April) signed by the contractor and his sureties. Although your Committee have from time to time reported all the proceedings in reference to the progress of this building, they have thought it necessary in this their first Annual Report to give this short statement of the causes of the delay from Michaelmas, 1847, when the erection of the Asylum was determined upon, to Easter, 1850, when the contract for the principal works was signed. In October, 1851, the works had proceeded far enough to authorise your Committee to advertise for a Medical Superintendent, and by the 6th of December following they received the testimonials of 57 gentlemen, candidates for the appointment. Much investigation and inquiry took place in regard to their qualifications, &c., and ultimately Dr. Grahamsley, of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum,