Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session holden at Preston, December 28th, 1871 with an account of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session holden at Preston, December 28th, 1871 with an account of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XIV. Extract from the Daily Account of the State of the Patients. v WOMEN. Employed. Tuesday June L3. Thursday. June 15. Sunday June 18. A. M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. Cleaning in Wards. 81 101 72 53 53 • • Assisting in Kitchen ......... 10 10 11 11 7 7 ,, Laundry. 34 32 34 34 10 Making Men’s Clothing. • • | • • • • • • - . Binding Boots and Shoes .... ♦ • i • • • • • • • • Making H ts and Bonnets .. • • • . • • • • • • Mending Stockings. 26 7 23 18 • • Knitting and Netting . 10 4 17 20 • • Sewing and Quilting. 123 122 115 118 • • Picking Flocks . 23 25 21 16 • • Total Employed . 307 301 293 270 70 7 Unemployed. Excitement with Eestraint .. • • • • • • • • • » • • ,, with Seclusion .. 5 6 6 6 5 5 ,, witnout Seclusion 72 85 79 76 7 6 74 Sick . 9 9 9 9 10 10 Quiet... 139 13L 146 172 373 436 Total Unemployed .... 225 231 240 263 464 525 Admissions. • « • • • • • • • • • • Deaths and Discharges. • *■ • • • • • • • • 2 Total. 532 532 533 533 534 502 At Prayers. At Churca . 252 • • • • • • 231 • • • • • • 309 315