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Excerpt from Twenty-First Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton: October 1874 The Trustees of the Taunton Hospital respectfully submit their twenty-first Annual Report, together with those of the Superintendent and Treasurer.' The additional buildings and improvements for the hospital authorized by the legislature, and which were commenced during the year previous, have been nearly completed. The west wing has been finished and is now occupied, and the east wing has been completed, with the exception of the finishing inside, and we expect that this will be ready for the reception of patients in the early spring. A large and convenient boiler-house has been erected, and four boilers have been placed in the same, with abundant space for another. When needed. A new engine, of ample capacity, has been provided; and a compact room for a ma chine-shop, fitted for the necessary repairs, occupies a por tion of the boiler-house. Here, under the superintendence of the Engineer, mr.°r. D. Godding, we are enabled to fit all the pipes for the heating apparatus and other wants of the hospital. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.