Twentieth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Twentieth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT or THE COMMITTEE OE VISITORS OF THE O'ountii and Ojdtjr of Morci^tijv |au^r lunatic Jlsijtttm, Presented to tlie Justices of the County at Epiphany Quarter Sessions, 1873, and to the Town Council of the City of Worcester within Twenty days after the 20th of December, 1872, pursuant to the 62nd Section of “ The Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853.” Your Committee have again, as on all previous occasions, to report with much satisfaction their high appreciation of the services of Dr. Sherlock, and of the admirable manner in which he performs the duties of his very arduous position. The conduct of all the Officers, Attendants, and Servants of the Asylum has been satisfactory throughout the year. In January last, your Committee determined to extend, in a limited degree, the facilities for the admission of private patients. The plan is working well, and is a source of increased profit to the Asylum, as will be seen by referring to the statement of the Repair Account subjoined. Early in the year your Committee determined to try for six months the experiment of buying and slaughtering fat stock for the supply of the Asylum, and as the plan was found to answer, they decided to continue it, especially as it was attended with the considerable advantage of ensuring meat of good quality at all times, and that at no increased cost. The