The twenty-third annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1874 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
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[1874]
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Credit: The twenty-third annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1874 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    made by the Commissioners, carefully considered this Entry, and continued the consideration of portions of the Entry made by the two Visiting Commissioners in the preceding year: and they have adopted some of the recommendations made by those gentlemen. For instance, they have directed that the use of mechanical restraint shall be resorted to only in cases where the Medical Superintendents shall be convinced that it is urgently required, and that during such restraint the progress and condition of the Patient shall be observed personally by the Medical Superintendent, and fully reported in his diary. The Committee have also ordered the old system of Case Books to be resumed, instead of the Entry of each case on a separate sheet. The Com¬ mittee most cordially coincide with the Commissioners in Lunacy in wishing that more could be done for promoting out-door occupation among the Male Patients. They constantly impress this desire on the Medical Superinten¬ dent of the Male Department, and since the change of one of the Inspectors the Committee hope that there has been an improvement in this respect. The Committee have this year lost another old and valued friend in their deceased colleague, Mr. Tanner, who for many years was a most regular attendant at their Meetings, at which he was always zealous in promoting any good work ; he was kind and courteous to every one with whom he came in contact, and was universally esteemed by all con¬ nected with the Asylum. The retiring Members are— Sir W. H. Bodkin. Lieut.-Ool. Jeakes. J. J. Tanner, Esq., deceased.