Report of the general committee of governors of St. Luke's Hospital, and statistical tables for the year 1855 / Saint Luke's Hospital for Lunatics.

  • Saint Luke's Hospital for Lunatics (London, England)
Date:
1856
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Credit: Report of the general committee of governors of St. Luke's Hospital, and statistical tables for the year 1855 / Saint Luke's Hospital for Lunatics. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Presented at the Annual General Court, on Wednesday, the 20th February, 1856, To the Court of Governors of St Luke’s Hospital Your Committee report that, in addition to the im¬ provements and alterations effected in Si Luke’s Hospital at the close of the year 1854, a Report of which was presented to the Court on the 21st of February, 1855, further alterations of an important nature, have, during the past year, been intro¬ duced into the Establishment. Amongst these may be mentioned 1 .-—The conversion of three of the centre Dormitories of each Gallery into open and well-lighted recesses, wherein the patients assemble during the day, for amusement and recreation, and whereby the often complained-of dulness of the galleries has been greatly diminished; 2. —The division of the Galleries into Wards, so as to facilitate the due classification of the patients; 3. —The purchase of an additional supply of furniture, and the fitting up of book-cases, closets, and wardrobes, for the use of the patients.