Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane. 1878.

  • Royal Edinburgh Asylum.
Date:
[1879]
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Credit: Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane. 1878. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY THE ORDINARY MANAGERS OF THE ROYAL EDINBURGH ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE. Presented to the Annual General Meeting of the Corporation, held on Monday, 2Ifh February 1879. The Ordinary Managers of the Asylum have now, in terms of their statute of incorporation, to present their report on the affairs of the institution for the year ending 31st December 1878. The daily average number of patients under treatment in the Eastern Department during the year was 101, being an increase of 10 over the number in the year preceding. The daily average number of patients in the Western Depart¬ ment during the year was 675, being an increase of 30 over the number in the preceding year. The gross daily average number of patients during the year was 776, showing an increase of 40 over the number for the year end¬ ing 31st December 1877. There are herewith submitted the Accounts of the Treasurer’s Intromissions with the Funds of the Corporation for the year end¬ ing 31st December 1878. The Charge amounts to.£51,453 19 5 The Discharge amounts to. 57,833 6 6 And the Balance against the Corporation to.£6,379 7 1 Owing to the heavy expenditure during the past year in connec¬ tion with the purchase of the estate of Craig House, the repairs