Royal Albert Asylum for the education and training of idiots & imbeciles belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland
Subtitle: eighth annual report
Contributors: Lutwidge, R. W. S.; Nairne, Robert; Shuttleworth, G. E.; Rees, White & Co
Publisher: Royal Albert Asylum
Published: 1872
Place of publication: Lancaster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Hospital Design and Construction; Royal Albert Asylum for Idiots & Imbeciles of the Northern Counties (Lancaster, England); Psychiatric Hospitals
Work titles: Annual report
Notes: Following the first 2 annual reports (January and December 1866), the Northern Counties' Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles was called the Royal Albert Asylum. Reports for 1866-7, 1867-8, 1868-9, 1869-70 and 1870-71 largely concern the construction of the hospital and its finance. The first admissions were in December 1871.

Consists of a list of presidents, trustees, officers and committee members, a report of the general meeting at Manchester, 25 September 1872, the report of the central committee including the report of the Commissioners in Lunacy (R. W. Lutwidge and Robert Nairne), the medical superintendent's report (G. E. Shuttleworth), the auditors' report (Rees, White & Co.), a financial statement, and a list of clergymen and ministers.

Bound with reports covering 1865-79 (publ.1866-80)