| 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 himself or others, of dirty habits or not, and how long they have been of unsound mind. Includes:
- James Richardson aged 74 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and living with Alfred Hardy at Kirby Moorside. His weekly cost of maintenance is 3s; he is a lunatic, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- John Cooper aged 26 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum on 4 May 1864. His weekly cost of maintenance is 8s 9d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for 13 years
- John Baxter aged 26 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum on 19 August 1866. His weekly cost of maintenance is 8s 9d; he is a lunatic, not dangerous to himself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for four years
- Elizabeth Mason aged 66 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and sent to the North Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum on 4 September 1869. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 8s 9d; she is a lunatic, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for one year
- George Carter aged 15 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and living in the workhouse. His weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 9¼d; he is an idiot, not dangerous to himself or others, of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind since birth
- Hannah Spence aged 41 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union 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
- Jane Mason aged 51 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 9¼d; 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
- Hannah Welbank aged 33 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 9¼d; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for nine years
- Mary Allenby aged 22 years, chargeable to the Kirby Moorside Union and living in the workhouse. Her weekly cost of maintenance is 2s 9¼d; she is an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind for four years
Return exhibited in open court at the Easter Sessions 1870 |