The fifteenth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1866 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.
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[1866]
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Credit: The fifteenth annual report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch : January quarter session, 1866 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I am unable to refer to the Farm Account for the past year with the usual satisfaction. On the 1st of October last, our Herd of Cattle consisted of 27 Cows, 1 Bull and 7 Heifers; 17 of these died from the Cattle Plague and were buried, 12 were killed for the Butcher, and 6 head only now remain, viz., 2 Cows and 4 Heifers. On the 20th October, 5 Dutch Cows were purchased by order of the Committee, they were isolated from the rest of the Stock and placed in a stable at least a quarter of a mile from the infected Sheds, no communication was held with the Farm either for food or attendance, but in a fortnight’s time the disease also appeared amongst these Cows, and in another week 3 of them were dead, one recovered, and the fifth escaped the attack. The crops grown upon the Farm during the year were Oats, Clover, Bye Grass, Worzell, Turnips and Cabbage, and the house has been liberally supplied with the various kinds of Vegetables from the Kitchen Garden. I have the honour to be, My Lord and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, GEORGE IT. HENDERSON, Steward, 31st December, 1865. To the Committee of Visitors, County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.