The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-08 00:00:00

001:111TT LUNATIC ASTLllitil.

Th. Cajuxu pretest. I onl re.4l--t7;quarterly sod
annual reporte of the Committee of Visitors
The quarterly report. were examined and found correct.
The two asylums were both inspected and found in a satisfac-
tory state."
"Teen has been • small decrease In the number of pauper
patient" Inns Us• c ruoty in h• year Jou of toot, the number.
having been :—Li tqe commencement 4th —195 mob. and 230
females ; il the end of the yew 422-146 males and 06
females—total decrease, S. The 'mother of 'Antiphons has
been 44, of which 37 have bcen female.. The decharges have
been 26-9 males and 16 females , of these 24 were recovered
and 1 relieved. Toe death. have been 32-17 ales, la
leashes. The recoveries are 414 per cent. on the a nonimions,
mid the deaths between 6 and 7 oer cont, on the average
number of patients resident ; in both respects a sittisfactory
average. The out-county panents are 221 —l4 from the town
and county of Poole, 14 from Surrey. 'Me non.pempere are
24-14 melee and 10 female., all from this county. The total
number of patient. in Use too Espouse is 476 The mainten-
ance rate has ram at Is. Id • day dunnd each of the
four quarters of the year. In June last Mr. Otliespo, who
had for eleven years discharged the deities of molted theistant
at the mincipai no urn with much efficiency, resigned in the
view of beind married ; end Mr. Maarlooal t, of the Cheshire
County Asylum at Msechislel4, stho sporoinled to succeed
, him. A new matron, Mrs. IL tturchell, or ..reliton, has
.1.0 hem appointed at the I, deism Asylum LI the room of
• Miss Ch spier, •ho hes only Iliad the office for a short time,
since Mom Ceitialitrhel Writing Ulnas A pension of £3l 41.
has b en ifranted to Miss Ca tern .ht, her health having per.
ruanenty broken down in the dischaige of her dutle• at the
asylum The initnagene4 of the two asylums by the medical
superintendent, Mr. J. O. Synths, merits as hitherto the fat
approval of the victors ; and the chaplain, the amistant
medical °Mom, ea well ith the bead-attend. and those under
their direction, have discharged ibex serious and reeponsibls
duties to the eetisla:tion of Use vintors throughout the
year The Coututdisionsirs lo Lunacy hare celled fur • return
of harmless citron.° pithead, fit tor det.ction in the infirm-
aries .1 workhouses, with the view, It le supposed, of their
removal, so as to give Same rebel to ths generally crowded
state of the rotates for pamper. The nettore have already
made fonts endear" .ure thie direction, but hitherto without
, much success. They would draw the 4 entlon of their hotter
msdrstrates and of the Boards of Guardians to the state of
thisgs mentioned above, end would recommend Mel aged
pardons of weak Intellect, who mit require good nuneng, and
own be equally woll oared for In Wortbooma, should not,
with .ut special reason, be emit into the eounty. asylum. The
Kermit sat. of the loan account le r—Prinolpal Matey
It rrowed, £11,020 ; paid a, £37,000 relnendhe

The Cludasersa, in moving the adoption of the
report, expressed his regret that, having in the first
plane moved for the expenditure of • very large sum
of money for the erection of the asylum, to have now
to mention the poesibility of their having to again
expend more money in the extension of the asylum,
but it seemed certain that an eul insolent would become
absolutely necessary. Toe total number of patients
wad Bow 435, or nearly douule what it wail 26
years ago, when he moved for the outlay in
the erection of the new asylum. Their excellent
Medical Superintendent was now engaged in
making • return of those perms who wad with-
out injury to themselves, arid who could be with
propriety, sent hack to the workhouses, provided they
could be properly attended to. I his was the bare
suggestion the visitors could make, and they hoped
that the necessity of extending the Asylum would be
poetp mad for some years.
Tue R,v. OARS GLUE said he did hlps and trust
that they would thoroughly gee that the patients were
rrinally well cared for in the Infirmaries of the
Unions.

.rd Suarrannoar said the chairmen's euggestion
was well worthy of their consideration. If they a nicl
by an arrangement with the workhouen (and he bad
no doubt it could be done), retain the whole of the
chronic harmless Cllllllll in those workhouses they
would be able to receive in their asylums • ;realer
number of recent cases. It was of the utmost
importance that recent caste should have prompt
medical treatment, for if they took the cases within
twelve months, they would be almost sure to cure 40
to 50 per cent of them, and within three months up to
85 per cent. But if they allowed thess oases to become
inveterate (end they generally became inveterate
after the firat twelve months), very little hope
could be entertained that they would be cured
at all. Apparently there had been • great
increase of insanity in the kingdom, because they
' would find that the asylums were very much mar-
-1 crowded, and a great many people waiting to be
brought in; but they hat every reason to believe
there was n actual incrsael in lunacy. (Flea hear.) A
vast number of the canes were old care. that had been
disinterred, lodked up by the authorities, and sent
into the asylums. But of recent CMOs he thought
they could show by the returns that they were not by
any means in excess, but rather that they fell short
of the increase in the population. If they could treat
the cases Immo 'lately. there was a much greater chance
of cure and they would be better able to do this by
keeping these poor old people in the workhouses,
where they would twelve every accommodation and
proper treatment; and in doing tbi. they would be
going very far indeed towards diminishing the amount
of lunacy. Taking this action o njointly with all the
temperance movements now going on, no doubt they
would live to see • very greet diminution lathe amount
of lunacy in the country. (Applause.) The suggestion
of the Chairmen wag well worthy of their attention.
The reports were adopted, and the annuity to Mims
Cartwright confirmed.
rINANCIL,

The committee recommend • olonty rate of three
farthings in the Z. amounting ,o £3,424 3s. &1., to be ordered
to be paid oos week before the nest quarter •Niii.e."

The CIILIVIA/4 said it had been canal to his atten-
tion that the Clerks of the Assesemrnts had been very
negligent in sending in their returns, hut he hoped
they would take notice of this, and send therm in
regularly in Cfirriture.
P.-11ACR

Colonel hissen read this report se follows :
The commitioe recommend that a rate of one Earth's, In
the amounting to £1.014 17. Ed, be ordered at these
minions, t • be pill one yr eek before the next morlone, to be
appl led to the 'general purpose. of the polio) form. The com-
mittee recommend Gut Mr. W. Ernest Good be appointed
chief eurroa of the force in the room of Mr. Good, senior,
ug
roued.
The Cum of the Peace read the Chief Constable's
ren?r.t, as follows :
.. " .
•

--'7I bare the honour ol 'slier before you. li, thoordanes with
reguistions of the tlecrethry of State, the returns of crime
In this county for the paet quarter, during which portal 144
porno ,s were aptrehendad by the oonstabulary ; 'bey were
dealt with as follows :—Dlwherged, 84; summarily disposed
of, 197 ; committed for trial, 18 nee, returns bow.o decrease
of wren In the number of persons apprehended sad of one
in thaw committed f trial an the oorrespond ng period of
1881 1 deo beg to lay bat ore the 0,06 the returns under
U.. Oonthisous Dwane (Aneasee) Act for the past three
month& There ban been seven outbreaks of acne layer; 33
swine were attacks I ; of these night died and IS were
slaughtered by order of the local authority. There hare awl
been six outbreak. of footesul-mouth disown ; 1,011 animals
were staaokol. Of them four diet, andl am glad to be age
to state the the ~ternary inspector ham now reported that
the lemonade, hare nthorered from the disease. UI. certifi-
cate le appended io this report."
"Dorchester, December ilst, 1884.
"I certify haring to-thy examined 685 those, %h. property
of Mr. Chileut Grove Irarm, Owninnon, &an OA sheep, the
property of Xr. Itsunton, Lorton Farm, lthaalerey. —J. A.
Urswiths, X "
Tn. Ctwattart stated that the committee felt It
would be bettor to leave the carrying oat the
Adulteration Act to the Superintendents of Pollan,
under the control el the Chief Oonetable. He had
himeelf at one time thought that the magistrates
should be called in, but there was some difficulty in
the matter, and the clromittee considered it was beet
to let the whole matter remain with the Ohiel Co.-
stable.

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