The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

LUNATIC ASYLUM.

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llr. FLOYER brought up this report. It showed
that the balance in hand laatquarter waa £4O 3a. Id.;
received for clothing sold, &c., £35 17s. 64. ; amount
from parishes at 104. per day,fl,ol3 138. 7.1; total,
£1,949 I4a 21. Expenditure,il,o4o 6a. 9d.; balance,
£49 7s. 5.1. Rate at 10.1. a day. Bills to the
amount of .C32iB 14s. 44. were ordered to be paid.
Balance in contingent fund, £24 7e. lid.; upon the
charity account, £305 15a, 4.1. ; Sir H. R. P. Glyn's
donation, £115.. bd. ; building aoootint,£366 6a. Id.
The number of patients in the uylum on the 24th
of June was 97 males and 97 females; total, 194.
Admitted since, 3 males and 9 females-12_4.w
100 males, 106 females—total 206. Brotistit
from Fisherton 12 malea. Total number at Foraton
and Harriaon, 11 1 males, 101 females—total 212.
Number at Fieberton 24th June, 25 males, 44
females —total 69; admitted anal 2 males; total
27 males, 44 females—total 71. The asylum was
visited on the let of September by two of the
Commissioners in Lunacy. In their report they
speak of it as being in the usual oreditable state, the
patient+ comfortable, well clad, quiet, and orderly,
and all apparently contented—Mr. Floyer said the
Lunatic Commissioners in their annual report had
adverted to the death of one of the female patients,
who had died shortly after her admission into the
asylum. It seemed that she had been suffering from
some mental derangement for • short time preous to
bar removal to Fenton. The Impression on the
mind of the superintendent was that the woman was
not in • fit state to be moved. The Commissioners
recommended that it sae advisable that all patienta
should be Well as shortly am possible before they bad
to leave, especially if they had to travel long
distances. He hail no doubt that guardians would
see that this recommendation was carried into
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Mr. GORDON, said he wished, before the report
was adopted, to express the obligations which the
Court were under to Mr. Floyer for the great trouble
be had taken in reference to the new asylum. His
exertions bad been quite unexampled, he had
visited almost every asylum, ant taken great pains
to compare the various plans whi he thought
would be the best for the DOW buildings; therefore
the county were under great obligations for the pains
be had takes in the matter. Mr. Gordon then
alluded to some criminal lunatics that had been
removed from Salisbury to Broadmoor, and said he
had heard they were not in snob a state of cleanli-
ness as they ought to have been in. He wanted to
know if the officials of Forston had inspected the
female lunatics at Futherton.
Mr. FLOYRR said they bad been visited from time
to time by Mr. Symes, and he himself had made '
personal inspection of them when he went there, and
both of them had always found them well treated,
clean, and orderly.
Mr. GORDON said he had heard that some of the
patients were suffering from cutaneous diseases.
Mr. Synth, the superintendent of Fenton, said
there was only one man in the asylum who had an
eruption on his head, and that was • common
disease. There was not one person belonging to
Foraton who was in a filthy state. No criminal
patient had been sent to Broadmoor from there.
Sin. H. LETHIRIDOR quite agreed with every senti-
ment expressed by Mr. Gordon relative to the paiss
Mr. Floyer bad taken about the new asylum. It
was the beet he (Sir John) had ever men, and re-
flected great credit upon the county.
The Rev. C. T. GLYN alluded to theestablishment
of a middlecleas lunatic hospital for the requirements
of the county, £2,200 had already been collected for
that object. Although it was decided at the last
sessions by a niajonty of four that Forsten should be
sold, it was the feeling of many persons in the
county that it was the duty of the Court to carry
out this object ins small way inc house, with an
efficiest superintendent. The Court could not do I
more benevolent action than in endeavouring so pro-
•idesuch an hospital.
The Rev. T. TaMPLER said by a return made some
time back there were 100 idiots in the county, be
thought by this time there must be 200. He wanted
to k sow where they all where.
Mr. FLOYIR remarked that they were chiefly in
unions, which were better adapted for than than
lunatic asylums.
BirJ. 14. Larnaatoorsuggested thiamine mamma°
should be erected in memory of Mr. Brown, at the
DOW asylum, as an appreciation of has magnificent
Lift to the
The report was adopted.
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J. J. FAutpoctssox, Esq.. presented this report.
It stated rat the expenses for the Tarter amounted
to £4,305 10s. Id., whilst the reompte had been as
follows :—Balance in treasurer's hands, £l,BOO 6..,
a county rate of Id. in the C, £3,3.56 12e., justices'
clerks' fees, to., £ll9 19a. 3d., one rule; rent of
000nty house, £75 IBe 86., total, £5,352 12e. ld.,
deducting the above sum of £4,305 101. Id., leaves
a balance of £1.047 2s. Od. The oommittee rs.
commend • county rate of four fartkinga in the
C, amounting to £3,1100 ss. 4d., to be paid one week
prior to the art Serious. The report was adopted
after • little diacc°.
Mr. GUNDItY moved • proposal for taking the
parish of Wambrook from the Bridport Highway
District, under the statute 25th and 281 h Victoria,
cap 61, and uniting it with the Iliniaster District.
A provisioad order wee thee granted.
Mr. Fermi:ix asked whether • perms holding
roads retiree &MUM could repair them himself,
without being called upon to pay the highway rate.
Mr Grimm weed whether Mr. Frampton had
given notice previous to the paring et the /nal
order?
Mr. FILLIIIMII replied that the subject had beat
spoken about, but was postponed on the under-
steadies that it ahould receive after consideration.
Mr. Ckicaarr said that Mr. Frampton had laid
the matter before the Warehsin Highway Board,
bat they could not decide on the matter, and
rierred it for decision at this Dore
Lord Portrait explared that all ratters relating
to the repairing of roads, whir 1811 under the okl

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aribent. now devolved upon th• Highway Board.
Any parte of the pariah of Wool which were not
• 'ad ratiose femme did not WIWI under that
because other parties repaired them retiring
kleurot U parties failed to repeat their roads, there
W•• • Power, under .section of the Aot of Partin-
went, by which the Highway Board could interfere,
and, if they obtained 1142 order from the Pastime, to
repair than at the expense of the party who
neglected to do eu
POLICIII IMPORT.

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Mr. FILMITT" read this report. It stated that
the receipts for the last quitter amounted to
.E. 3,390 91. 4d., composed of the following tams :
Wade in treasurer's hands at Midsummer last,
£221 11s. 3d. ; police rate at Id. in the C,
£e,819 13.. 8(1. ; omit dededed from the pay of the
police tome for lodgings, &a, £149 44 sd. The
espentliture for pay of chief constable and form,
E 2,291 4a 6d. ; contingent expmess, .C 357 Is. 6d.;
for hats, £B6B. 6d. ; treaturer's salary, one quarter,
£lll LOU. ; clerk to the polioe committee, £66.,
leaving a balance of £635 19. 10d. The estimate
for the manias quarter was £3,347 Ts. 11d. Tbe
supersonnatdo hoidamousted to f'2,638 64 11d. ; to
which will be added £llO 10s. 11d., rmeived from
Me ode last quarter. & rote of id. in the I,
unending to C 1,511 139. 86., was recommended to
be paid one week before the next Sessions. Tbe
°enmities recommended that an domes of £5 per
year sbodd be added to the salaries of the superin-
tended, of polio*, after having served seven years
with that rank. TM to.. received for stamping
weights and mamma and psealties ammuted to
EIS 94 id.; whilst the omit for inspection was
£22 174 Id., being • saving to the county of 1.5 19..
Sir J. LITHIUM" addressed the Court at some
length relative to the taking of an oath, stating that
the statute law of England was oppoesd to the law of
God. He referred to several passages in Soriptud
where it was aid," SHOW Dot at all," and mid he
Wan prevented by ocmciedioes principles from
reednag the oath of allegiance to ad as • magis-
trate On the Somerset Beach, to which his wealth
and position entitled him. TWO Court than
adjourned until 10 o'clock the next morning.