An account of the nature and intention of the Lock Asylum, for the reception of the penitent female patients, when discharged from the Lock Hospital : with an abstract of the accounts from the first institution, to lady-day, 1811. Also the code of new regulations, with a list of benefactors and subscribers / [By Lock Hospital].

Date:
1811
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the nature and intention of the Lock Asylum, for the reception of the penitent female patients, when discharged from the Lock Hospital : with an abstract of the accounts from the first institution, to lady-day, 1811. Also the code of new regulations, with a list of benefactors and subscribers / [By Lock Hospital]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    REGULATIONS, be. I. The object of this Institution is to receive such Female Patients as, having been cured in the Lock Hospital of disorders contracted by a vicious and irregular course of life (and there enjoying the opportunity of religious instruction) have conducted themselves with propriety during their residence in the Hospital, and are ear- nestly desirous of forsaking their evil courses. II. The design of their being received is, to maintain and protect them until they can be restored either to their friends, or to the community at large, in a way of honest industry, according to their ability. III. If, after their restoration to society, they be found to have behaved well in their respective situations, they shall be considered as entitled to such further counte- nance, protection, and encouragement, as the circum- stances of the Institution w ill enable the Governors in their discretion to give.
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