The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

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and said, with that exoeption,
willing to move the adoption
After some further dismission it was
report should be received and ador'
ception of that portion relating to'
In the mean time that the Clerk of
instructed to make inquiries as to
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LUNATIC ASYLUM.
This report was read by Mr. Floyer, from which it
appeared that the number of patients in the asylum on
the lit January, 1864, was—males, 128; females, 147;
total, 275; a/ on the 2nd of Jana 1865, males,
133 ; females, 140 ; total, 273. The adm .s had been
34 males and 26 female.; 35 had been diacharged, of
which number 11 males and 16 females had recovered;
and 2 males and 6 females had been relieved. 27 deaths
bad taken place. The health of the patients bad been
good until the last two months, during which time sore
throats and colds had
_prevailed. The maintensnoe
rate had been fixed at 7s. per week for the first three
quarters of the year, and 7s. 7d. for the lack quarter.
The superintendent has now the two asylums at Char-
minster and Fenton under his care, and continues to
discharge his onerous and important ditties to the fall
satisfaction of the Visitors. The attendants end ser-
vants have earned the approbation of the Visitors by
their kind and careful treatment of the patients, and
their &Manilla and orderly conduct, with the exception
of two nurses in the female ward at Forston, who were
detected secreting beer intended forth. patient.. They
had sines been discharged. The state of the Building
Fund was as follows :—Receipte—by loans from Sun
Life Insuranoe Company, £41,000 ; interest on
Exelsequer Bills, £507 14e. ; Sir R. P. olyn's donation,
121,102 4.. 6&; borrowed from contingent fund,
£1428 Bs. ld. ; non-pauper lunatic anbeeription fund,
£2,000; total, £46,038 6e. 7d. Bxpenditnre—by
purchase of land, £5,710 7s. 10d. ; building account,
£30,240 la. 7cl. • ditto engineering, £4,742 17s. ;
archaise-eve./ sleAs lfreke. rA 22,41:g t 24.; wl
NM engineer,' I.oe, ; law expensed, 18.. 31.
trees, fender, gravel, surveyor, edvatimenenis, reads,
tto., ke., £240 Os. 104.; furnishing, fac., £1,503 15e. sd. ;
sundry payment* Ng 14s. 44; total, 244,860 se. 54. ; ,
habitue, £l7B la. 24. In reference to the
reports raid, Mr. Floyer said with regard to
the number of deaths which had taken piece,
they were considerably higher than happily was the
rate which usually prevailed at the sevlume. 27 deaths
had taken place upon a total average of 275 patients, '
which gave 10 per mat, epos the number of inmate&
Mr. Meyer then eontrasted the number of deaths In
several other asylums, sad said there was nothing to
make the Court feel dissatisfied with the mortality at I
their whew. Atierallbding beth. motor munitensnee,
he said, with resod he the building fund, the balance
to its credit was £l7B la 201. They might estimate the
bills-dtke 44114 likeig to become so at E 73, pa. 24.,1eayi,-
• belmaiiieutthprimidel for o it. 54 Is. It smukl
the recollection of the Cotui that, in intimating
the expense connected with their ' new -

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.y bridge. an,
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into its presett obAditi—T4 COluit.XSUriefer
that the bridge did riot sec- r extensive rep.
and, in reply to • queetien Chairman, said h..
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.4. liras So about the HAM/ I
re, unless they could
suggested that the
further
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of t
decided
adopted, with
the Zest Bridge,
the Peace should
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