Reports for the year 1870 / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics.

  • Saint Luke's Hospital for Lunatics (London, England)
Date:
[1871]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Reports for the year 1870 / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arising from a better system of administration, for, as will be seen, there has been a gain of £1,735, 13s. 2d. on the Receipts, and a diminution of £1,007. 8s. in the Expenditure. Improvements have been made in the Chapel during the last year, almost entirely from funds raised privately by the Chaplain, and your Committee have much pleasure in stating that these improvements have been very much appreciated by the Patients. Your Committee contracted for the best Wlieaten Bread.— From 1st April to 30th Sept., at 54d. for the 4h3. loaf. ,, 1st Oct, ,, 31st March ,, 6d. ,, And for the usual kinds of Butcher’s Meat—- From 1st April to 30th Sept., at 5s. 4d. per stone of Bib, ,, 1st Oct. ,, 31st March ,, 5s. 4d. ,, There have been received into the Hospital, between the 1st January and 31st December, 1870, 90 Patients deemed Curable. During the same period there have been discharged Cured, 39; Uncured, 19; unfit, 3; at the request of friends, 17 ; and there have died, 4. Since 30th July, 1751, the day on which the Hospital was first opened for the reception of Patients, and up to the 31st December, 1870, inclusive, there have been admitted into the Hospital, 20,943 Patients, deemed Curable on their admission; of whom there have been discharged,— Cured c.« ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,450 IJncured . 7,025 As Idiots, diseased or unfit . 2,018 By desire of friends . 063 From having, (after admission) appeared to have been with child at the time of admission. 63 Having proved to have been Insane more than twelve calendar months before the application to be admitted . 14 The friends not conforming with the Rules. 57 Having been found to have been, in point of circumstances, improper objects for this Charity 2