Second annual report of the Argyll District Asylum for the Insane : 1865.

  • Argyll District Asylum for the Insane.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Second annual report of the Argyll District Asylum for the Insane : 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    very little sickness in the institution except those chronic ailments from which, in many cases, the insanity is pro¬ duced. Ten patients have been discharged during the year. Of these, five had recovered; in four, their condition was decidedly improved; and in one no change for the better had taken place. Everything which the District Board ordered for the improvement of the appearance of the grounds was brought to a close last year. The exercise garden for the Exercise _ , ....... . - , . . Grounds. female patients is still m an unsatisfactory state, but it is hoped that the male patients may be able to do a good deal towards its improvement during the present year. The garden and farm have now been in working order Garden, for a year, and have afforded much useful and profitable labour to the male patients. The general arrangements of the asylum have been found in practice to be well suited for their purpose. The dietary has been found to be ample, though not more liberal than a due regard to the requirements of the insane demands. The Report by Sir James Coxe on the condition of the asylum is given in the appendix; and the Medical Super¬ intendent begs leave to refer the Board to it as showing the satisfactory management of the establishment. It has been found, as was anticipated, that the expense cost of of boarding the patients has not been so great during the ^^ete past year as it was during the period immediately follow¬ ing the opening of the asylum, From 31st March 1864, to 31st March 1865, the cost of maintenance was as follows :— For each inmate per Week. Provisions,. .,.£1068 9 3 £0 3 io| Medicine, Wine, &c., 74 6 7 0 0 3f House Expenses,. ... 540 7 7 0 1 Ilf Clothing......... ... 260 8 11 0 0 n§ Salaries and Wages, ... 618 2 9 0 2 n £0 9 3J £2563 1 1