Twenty-second annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • St. John's Hospital (Stone, Buckinghamshire, England)
Date:
[1875]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-second annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The full number of Patients on 17th December, 1874, the day of the last meeting of your Committee, was as follows;— M. F. Total. County Patients. 131 ... 211 ... 342 Out-County Patients. 9 ... 20 ... 29 Private Patients. 9 ... 6 ... 15 On Probation: Pauper Patients (County) 0 ... 2 ... 2 ,, Out-County Patients ... 0... 1 ... 1 On Leave : Pauper Patient (County) ... 0... 1... 1 Gross Total. 149 ... 241 ... 390 The number of County Patients in the Asylum, at the corresponding period of the year ending 18th December, 1873, was 344. The number of Patients admitted since the commencement of the year has been :— M. F. Total. County Patients. 22 ... 36 ... 58 Out-County Patients. 7 ... 17 ... 24 Private Patients. 7 ... 0 ... 7 Gross Total . 36 ... 53 ... 89 The amount per head per week, charged to the Unions in the County having Patients in the Asylum during the four quarters, has been a uniform rate of 11s. Id., being an increase of charge of 5Jd. per head per week as compared with that made for the year 1873. This increase is caused by the continued high price of Provisions, Coals, and other necessaries, and the rate of Maintenance may be considered as moderate in amount. The following is a table showing the cost of the Main¬ tenance :—-