First report of the Committee of Visitors, Medical Superintendent, and Chaplain, with an account of receipts and expenditure, from 30 September, 1870, to 31 December, 1871 / Moulsford Lunatic Asylum.

  • Moulsford Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1872
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Credit: First report of the Committee of Visitors, Medical Superintendent, and Chaplain, with an account of receipts and expenditure, from 30 September, 1870, to 31 December, 1871 / Moulsford Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    expenditure under various heads. To meet this a Total sum of £68,000, has been raised from the Members of the Union. £ S. D. Of which the County of Berks has paid ... 52491 4 7 The Borough of Beading ... 10736 16 10 The Borough of Newbury ... 4771 18 7 £68000 0 0 The Committee have been thoroughly satis¬ fied with the services rendered by Mr. Howell, their Architect, whose duties were considerably increased, and made more than usually difiicult of performance by the circumstances which will be mentioned presently. The Committee regret, that during the progress of the Works, Messrs. Mansfield, Brice, and Co. suspended payment. By arrangement, however, with the Birm and its Trustees, the Works were carried on almost continuously, and no material loss occurred to the Union. Much more injurious was the failure of the Contractors to supply durable and proper Ceilings in the greater part of the Building. Of this failure report was made in December, 1870. The restoration of the faulty Ceilings, was at the expense of the Contractors, but was not until the 25th April, 1871 so far advanced as to enable the Committee to recom-