The fourth annual report of the state of the lunatic asylum for the County of Nottingham, and the sixty-eighth of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum, 1878 / [Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum].

  • Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The fourth annual report of the state of the lunatic asylum for the County of Nottingham, and the sixty-eighth of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum, 1878 / [Nottingham County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    staff, and if this addition included a head attendant so often recommended by the Commissioners, we have no doubt that many men now unoccupied might he employed with benefit to themselves and advantage to the institution. Several male patients complained to us that they were not allowed to work on the land, and that, as a rule, they were limited for exercise to the airing courts, which are hut small in size, and, owing to the rapid slope, not very favourable for that purpose. A proper room for hair picking is much wanted, and might he found in that now used by the gardener, if he could he trans¬ ferred elsewhere. The first day of our visit was one of the two days in the week on which meat is not given. The dinner, which we saw in the female wards, consisted of red currant pudding and beer. It was good in quality and liked by many, hut some complained of its unsubstantial character. This objec¬ tion might he met by allowing bread and cheese in addition, as is the case on the other pudding day in the week, as to which we had no complaint. The indoor associated amusements are still held only monthly in the ironing room, and we desire to repeat the remarks made on this subject by the last Visiting Commis¬ sioners. We found the rooms generally clean, and the beds and bedding, with a few exceptions on the female side in the old building, in good order. We are glad to report a marked improvement throughout the whole of the wards as regards brightness and'cheerfulness, due to the fact that the whole of the interior has been painted, and the day-rooms papered, in good taste, since the last visit. On the removal of the borough patients, further improvements will, we hope, be made in the way of increased light in some day-rooms, and in better means of ventilation in the dormitories and single rooms of the old building.