The twenty-second report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell : January quarter sessions, 1867 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell.
Date:
1867
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Credit: The twenty-second report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell : January quarter sessions, 1867 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    over 67 Patients; and that the returns of medical treatment show 69 now taking medicine. The proportion of the employed in this Division, exclusive of those stated to do domestic work in the Wards, continue to he so small, not exceeding 125, that we desire again strongly to urge the expediency of endeavouring to increase these numbers by additional skilled Attendants, by more systematic instruction of Patients in Tailoring, Shoemaking, &c., and by larger Workshops. The remarks already made as to outdoor exercise and recreation apply equally here, where many more than formerly appear to have opportunities of getting beyond the grounds. On five days of the week, whenever the weather permits, parties often, with two Attendants, take regular country walks. The class unable to enjoy such privileges, however, is unusually large, and more should be done in the Wards for their amusement. The attendances of both sexes at Chapel continues to be limited by the small space available therein. It never exceeds 560 Patients, Male and Female, the Chapel itself not receiving more than 600. Of structural and other changes made since the last visit, the most important have been the warming of the Old Women’s Ward, No. 1, a new Sitting Room provided for Laundry Maids, new Lavatories hr one Ward of each Division (No. 1 Male and No. 11 Female), the lighting of No. 11 Female Gallery by two Windows, and improvement of the Nurses Room therein, and the rebuilding of three wTater-closets in the Female Division. Applications for a further increase of 6 for the Women and 12 for the Men, have also been made by the Superintendents, the existing provision being quite inadequate. Other changes of a structural kind seem to us to be not less urgently called