The twenty-first annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the joint lunatic asylum at Abergavenny, for the counties of Monmouth, Brecon and Radnor, for the year 1873.

  • United Counties' Lunatic Asylum (Abergavenny, Wales)
Date:
1874
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Credit: The twenty-first annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the joint lunatic asylum at Abergavenny, for the counties of Monmouth, Brecon and Radnor, for the year 1873. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H The staff of Attendants and Nurses is adequate as regards numbers, and we have no complaints of their conduct from any of the inmates. We think it important that arrangements should be made so that Wards No. 5 and 6 in each division should never be left without two Attendants, as is now the case during the time the Attendants themselves are at dinner. Associated amusements are given as before in the laundry day room, at which about 25 men and 50 women are usually present weekly. There are besides occasional readings and dramatic perform¬ ances, attended by somewhat larger numbers, but of course much restricted for want of a proper room. In the wards occupied by the more impulsive class of patients, the supply of books, papers, and games seems still to be very scanty. The intro¬ duction of such matters will, we are aware, cause some loss and destruction at first, but this will gradually cease, and the conduct of the inmates will ultimately be improved. A good musical box would prove a great source of amusement to this class. As matters tending to the greater security of the patients, we recommend the provision of light wire fire guards, or high fenders, for protection, in the male wards, and especially in those where epileptics are placed. Also that locks should be fixed on the closet doors in the sculleries in which