Forty-eighth annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum for the year 1900.

  • County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Forty-eighth annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum for the year 1900. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPLAIN’S REPORT. County and City Asylum, Worcester, December 31st, 1900. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, It is again my privilege to present to you my Annual Report as Chaplain of your Asylum for the year ending to-day. The Library continues to supply amusement and instruction to a large number. The demand for books has greatly increased, and over 500 volumes have been issued during the year, a much higher number than in any previous year. The new books supplied a year or so ago are in constant use and greatly appreciated, and I would venture to suggest that the purchase of a few periodically would be a good plan, and would confer no little gratifi¬ cation. At the beginning of the year I supplemented the stock in the wards with 88 Hymn Books, 98 Prayer Books, and a few Bibles. The Services have been duly performed every week¬ day morning and twice every Sunday, and Special Services have been held on Good Friday and Christmas Day. I have also held Services of a short and simple character alternately in the Centre and Annexe Hospitals for those who have not been able to attend Chapel. During the latter part of the year a Patient has rendered much assistance as Accompanist at the Daily Services. The Patients are, on the whole, very attentive at the Sunday Services. A considerable proportion of them, although unfit to be at large, are apparently so slightly