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From: patia <>
Subject: Re: 2000 in ASYLUM
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 07:13:36 +1200


Dear Marg I have found a relation there Rebecca HONES I'm not sure how she is
related to me yet but my Cousin in England is investigating regards Vicky HONES
New Zealand

Marg Cambridge wrote:

> Hello Listers:
>
> I accidently came upon something today on the 1881 Census CD that brought
> tears to my eyes. The METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ASYLUM FOR IMBECILES,
> Caterham, Surrey. There were 921 men and 1100 women, ranging in age from 18
> to 86, all diagnosed as lunatic or imbecile. Many of them listed as
> Lunatic, deaf and dumb. Hundreds of them between the ages of 24 and 40. As
> a retired Registered Nurse it made me think of the treatment and facilities
> available today for family members with brain syndromes or children born
> deaf, and how lucky we are to not have lived in those days. This facility
> is only one of the many thousands throughout the world that thought there
> was no hope for these people. Thank goodness we have come a long way since
> then.
>
> A question though.........would some of these people have been from other
> parts of England, or would they have been residents of the immediate
> surrounding area?
>
> This is going to be a blue day just thinking about those poor people, the
> conditions of that time period, and the heartbreak it must have caused.
>
> Marg
> Mission, B.C., Canada
>
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