✨ Asylum Statistics and Police Report
GENERAL STATEMENT, APRIL 1st, 1874, MOUNT VIEW ASYLUM.
| AMOUNT OF ACCOMMODATION. | PATIENTS IN 1873-74. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Wards. | Aggregate Number of Cubic Feet in Wards. | Number of Beds. |
| For Males. | For Females. | |
| A. Day Wards... 4 | 21,800 | |
| a. Night Associated... 7 | 22,200 | |
| b. Single ... 26 | 20,800 | 28 |
| Total... 37 | 64,800 |
- A. Also, two Corridors, each containing 18,848 cubic feet.
- B. Each single ward or dormitory contains 800 cubic feet. Two of the single wards in each corridor are occupied by attendants.
Chas. France,
Medical Officer.
Appendix E.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE.
Sir,—
Police Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1874.
I HAVE the honor to submit the following Report on the state of the Police Department of this Province for the year ending 31st March, 1874.
The numerical strength of the Force on the 31st March last was as follows:—
Inspector, two first class Serjeants, three second class serjeants, and twenty-five Constables.
The past year has not been marked by any increase in offences of a serious nature. The total number of cases sent up to the Supreme Court at Wellington and Wanganui for trial during the year amounted to twenty-two. Out of these only ten convictions were recorded, the Native race furnishing five cases of the whole number.
I cannot, however, congratulate your Honor on the paucity of minor offences, such as breaches of the Merchant Seaman Shipping Act, petty assaults, and various other breaches of the Police Force Ordinance. I regret to have to state that offences coming within that category have greatly increased over previous years.
The increase has, however, been chiefly, if not altogether, confined to the town of Wellington; yet, when the increase to the population caused through the steady stream of immigration now setting into this Province is taken into consideration, and allowance made for that percentage of offences incidental to a seaport town, the result is not worse than might reasonably have been expected.
The country districts during the past year have furnished very few cases for investigation. This fact may be taken as a pretty certain indication of the prosperity existing in the out settlements of the Province generally.
It is now a matter of much congratulation that the Police are enabled to execute warrants for the arrest of offenders of the Native race, in any of the Native districts of this Province, with as much facility and safety as in any of the districts inhabited chiefly by Europeans.
The want of a lock-up at Wanganui, conveniently situated, is much felt. In my report of last year mention is made of this matter, and a site at the back of the Court House was suggested as very suitable.
A police station and lock-up has been established at Masterton during the past year. A similar building at Greytown is much needed.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1874, No 12A
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Classification of Patients at Mount View Asylum
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare1 April 1874
Asylum patients, Classification, Conditions, Admittance dates
- Chas. France, Medical Officer
⚖️ Annual Report of the Inspector of Police
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement9 April 1874
Police Department, Crime Statistics, Wellington, Wanganui, Native Offences
- Inspector of Police