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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    V. That rails be put to the new Staircase in the East Male Division. VI. That curtains or blinds be put to all Dormitories in both Divisions; that more matting be placed in the Dormitory floors of both base¬ ments ; and that the floors of corridors in the Male Division be covered with linoleum. VII. That Bells be placed between No. 18 Ward and No. 1a on the Male side, and between the corresponding Wards on the Female side. VIII. That the loose sackings used for dirty cases be lengthened, so as to prevent the Patients’ feet from coming in contact with the wooden Bedsteads, and that when dirty, they be replaced by clean ones for the Morning Inspection. IX. That Butter be given at Breakfast and Tea, substituted for Cocoa. Since the last Visit, two additional Night Nurses have been appointed on the Female side, the Day Nurses being relieved from this difficulty. There are in this Division 70 Nurses, one having been added to the Infirmary, and in the Male Division 45, numbers which, we think, insufficient. In our opinion, additional Nurses are wanted in Female Wards 1, 7, 9, and 19, and a Special Night Nurse for the Infirmary in this Division would be most desirable. More Special Night Attendants are also required in the Male Division. No arrangement, we observe, has yet been made for a Nurse to sleep in the Female Centre Basement, where there are 36 Patients; and