Description | Annual return of lunatics in the Kirby Moorside Union giving names, ages, where chargeable, where maintained and when sent there, weekly cost of maintenance, whether lunatic or idiot, dangerous to themselves or others, of dirty habits or not, and how long they have been of unsound mind. Includes:
- James Richardson aged 68 years, chargeable to Kirby Moorside and living with Alfred Hardy at Kirby Moorside. His weekly cost of maintenance is 4s; he is a lunatic, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- Thomas Spence aged 45 years, chargeable to Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North and East Ridings Pauper Lunatic Asylum on 7 March 1862. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- Ann Jackson aged 55 years, chargeable to Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North and East Ridings Pauper Lunatic Asylum in 1861. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; she is a lunatic, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for three and a half years
- Richard Hart aged 58 years, chargeable to Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North and East Ridings Pauper Lunatic Asylum in March 1864. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for three years
- John Cooper aged 19 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North and East Ridings Pauper Lunatic Asylum on 4 May 1864. His weekly cost of maintenance is 7s 7d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for eight years
- Hannah Spence aged 37 years, chargeable to Kirby Moorside and living with her mother Hannah Spence at Keldholme. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- Fanny Welbank aged 49 years, chargeable to Great Edstone and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 5d and a farthing; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- Jane Mason aged 46 years, chargeable to Nunnington and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 5d and a farthing; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and how long she has been of unsound mind is not known
Return exhibited at the Easter Sessions 1865 |