Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 12 May 1864, NAC RG7:G8C/04, 87.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Enclosures (untranscribed) (2).
Cardwell transmits a circular regarding
Colonial Hospitals and Lunatic Asylumsand asks Kennedy to report on existing institutions of this nature on Vancouver Island or, if none, give his
remarks upon the fact of their absence, and in the prospect of the creation of suitable institutions of this kind for the alleviation of human suffering.
Separate
12th May 1864
Sir,
With reference to my Predecessor's circular despatch of the 1st of
January 1863 I desire now to make you acquainted with the general tenor
of the information concerning Colonial Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums
which has been obtained from the
Colonies at large, and also with the
steps which it has been thought desirable to take in the endeavor to
make that information available for effecting amendments in the
manner of treating the indigent sick and Lunatics in the Colonies.
Colonies at large, and also with the
steps which it has been thought desirable to take in the endeavor to
make that information available for effecting amendments in the
manner of treating the indigent sick and Lunatics in the Colonies.
I transmit to you therefore a copy of a Circular despatch which has
been addressed to the Governor of Her Majesty's Colonies who had
forwarded in due course answers to the interrogatories which accompanied
the circular despatch of the 1st of January 1863.
I
I shall feel obliged to you to let me know without delay whether
there exist any and what Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums in the Colony
under your Government, and, if there be none, I should be glad to
receive your remarks upon the fact of their absence, and in the prospect
of the creation of suitable institutions of this kind for the
alleviation of human suffering.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Copy, Fortescue, 6 April 1864, regarding the circular on the conditions of colonial hospitals and "lunatic asylums"
compared to those in England.
Report on colonial hospitals and "lunatic asylums", 14 January 1864, (42 pages).