✨ Annual Report of Mount View Asylum
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They are also much pleased by being taken to the various sports given in the Cricket Ground, to which they have always been allowed free admission by the Manager upon Mr. Seager’s application. A few have occasionally attended the dramatic and musical performances given in town.
As the recreation fund has been expended chiefly in purchase of a billiard-table, magic lantern, and other amusing appliances, I think it might be advantageously supplemented by an annual grant in aid, £50 would be sufficient.
Of the improvements to the appliances of the Asylum during the year, the most notable are the addition of a larger cooking stove, the reception of one of Hooper’s invalid bedsteads and a water mattress, especially useful for those patients suffering from general paresis, and also of Paley’s feeding apparatuses.
The principal requirements are the laying on of gas and water, with sufficient pressure to command any part of the buildings in case of fire. The two wells yield an ample supply of perfectly pure water, the only objection being the necessity of pumping.
Some of the outer fencing requires renewing, having been accidentally burnt and stray cattle are very annoying.
I have, &c.,
CHARLES FRANCE,
Medical Officer.
His Honor the Superintendent, Wellington.
GENERAL STATEMENT, April 1st, 1875, MOUNT VIEW ASYLUM.
AMOUNT OF ACCOMMODATION.
| Number of Wards | Aggregate Number of Cubic Feet in Wards | Number of Beds | Patients in 1874-75 | Remaining on April 1, 1875 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Wards | 4 | 21,800 | M F M F M F M | Remaining during the year |
| Associated Night Wards | 7 | 22,200 | Admitted during the | |
| Single Night Wards | 26 | 20,800 | year | Died during the year |
| Total | 37 | 64,800 | 28 28 22 12 7 10 4 | 15 23 |
TABLE OF ADMISSIONS during the YEAR from April 1st, 1874, to April 1st, 1875.
| NAMES | MALES | FEMALES | CONDITION | DATE OF ADMITTANCE | DISCHARGE OR DEATH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Gascoigne | 1 | ... | Dipsomania | April 15, 1874 | August 8, 1874 |
| Charles Gallagher | 1 | ... | Dementia | May 30, 1874 | November 21, 1874 |
| Kate Jarman | ... | 1 | Mania | June 29, 1874 | ... |
| Ellen Jane Horran | ... | 1 | Mania | August 12, 1874 | January 19, 1875 |
| M. Ollivier Perham | 1 | ... | Dementia | September 1, 1874 | November 14, 1874 |
| John Moore | 1 | ... | Dementia | September 22, 1874 | November 19, 1874 |
| Bertha Guybell | ... | 1 | Dementia | September 22, 1874 | ... |
| George Tonks | 1 | ... | Dipsomania | September 25, 1874 | ... |
| Elizabeth Forrester | ... | 1 | Dementia | October 9, 1874 | ... |
| Robert S. Shaw | 1 | ... | Dementia | October 29, 1874 | ... |
| Ann Connell | ... | 1 | Mania | October 31, 1874 | March 18, 1875 |
| Gwillian Hurley | 1 | ... | Dementia | November 27, 1874 | ... |
| Louisa Allington | ... | 1 | Dementia | December 21, 1874 | ... |
| Sarah Catley | ... | 1 | Dementia | January 8, 1875 | ... |
| Robert Erskine | 1 | ... | Dementia | January 11, 1875 | ... |
| Henry Hart | 1 | ... | Dementia | January 11, 1875 | ... |
| David Werner | 1 | ... | Dementia | January 20, 1875 | ... |
| Anna M. Finnimore | ... | 1 | Mania | January 21, 1875 | ... |
| John Evans | 1 | ... | Dementia | January 24, 1875 | ... |
| Henry P. Renall | 1 | ... | Mania | February 10, 1875 | ... |
| St. G.D’Arcy Irvine | 1 | ... | Melancholia | February 16, 1875 | ... |
| Henry Schultz | ... | 1 | Dementia | February 16, 1875 | ... |
| Susan Pickett | ... | 1 | Dementia | March 23, 1875 | ... |
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1875, No 11
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Asylum, Lunatic Asylum, Patients, Staff, Wellington
23 names identified
- Christian Gascoigne, Admitted for Dipsomania
- Charles Gallagher, Admitted for Dementia
- Kate Jarman, Admitted for Mania
- Ellen Jane Horran, Admitted for Mania
- M. Ollivier Perham, Admitted for Dementia
- John Moore, Admitted for Dementia
- Bertha Guybell, Admitted for Dementia
- George Tonks, Admitted for Dipsomania
- Elizabeth Forrester, Admitted for Dementia
- Robert S. Shaw, Admitted for Dementia
- Ann Connell, Admitted for Mania
- Gwillian Hurley, Admitted for Dementia
- Louisa Allington, Admitted for Dementia
- Sarah Catley, Admitted for Dementia
- Robert Erskine, Admitted for Dementia
- Henry Hart, Admitted for Dementia
- David Werner, Admitted for Dementia
- Anna M. Finnimore, Admitted for Mania
- John Evans, Admitted for Dementia
- Henry P. Renall, Admitted for Mania
- St. G.D’Arcy Irvine, Admitted for Melancholia
- Henry Schultz, Admitted for Dementia
- Susan Pickett, Admitted for Dementia
- Charles France, Medical Officer