The sixteenth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1867 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
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[1867]
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Credit: The sixteenth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1867 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    numerous, and that a few are allowed to go to Chapel in the neighbourhood and in London. Several Patients expressed to us their gratitude for this indulgence. We were informed that, upon an average, about 120 Men and 200 Women take exercise daily, beyond their Airing Courts—weather permitting. That during the Summer a large number of demented Female Patients had their tea in the adjoining field. That during the year, 12 parties of Men, averaging nine Patients in each, have been for walks beyond the premises, and we are glad to find that many of the inmates are from time to time permitted to visit their friends for the day. We desire, however, to draw attention to the fact, that the great majority of the patients of both sexes capable of taking out-door exercise, do not enjoy any of these privileges, and that as a rule, they are restricted to their Airing Courts for the purposes of exercise. There has been an extension of the arrangements for the amusement and recreation of the patients, and theatrical representations, concerts, and fortnightly balls are given during the winter months. Occasionally lectures and readings are given by Dr. Sheppard, by whom, we believe, all the above arrangements have been organized. With a few exceptions in certain Wards in the Female Division, the patients were in a very quiet and orderly state, and their persons and dresses in a satisfactory condition. There has been a still further diminution in the number