The Book of Lennox Castle

Scope and Content
Lennox Castle Mental Defectives' Institution - a historical account of the acquisition of Lennox estate by Glasgow Corporation and a complete and detailed narrative of the building of a million pounds hospital. Compiled by A L Richie. Includes photographs of Lord Provost John Stewart; Sir John Train; William Shaw, convener of Institutions Committee; Bailie John Forman; Bailie John Storrie; R P Ramsay, Director of Public Assistance; Captain William Barrie, Master of Works, 1929 Glasgow Parish Council; cutting the first sod; tea room; views of the hospital; E G Wylie, architect; J Campbell Murray, electrical and mechanical equipment; plan of buildings; Lennox Castle; A W Legat, concrete design; Duncan Foreman, surveyor; boiler room; male dining hall and bowling green; cinema entrance; Major J R Warren, civil engineering works; M A Reynard; hospital grounds; sewage works; pavilion; A S M MacGregor, medical office of health; Bailie Stewart Reid, convener Public Health Committee; Bailie Thomas O'Hare; C G A Chislett, medical superintendent; James Curran, depute medical superintendent; interior of ward; rest room; Miss M J Crossan, matron; Miss A Hart, matron; Dr Moira Beaton, resident assistant medical officer; and entrance of assembly hall.
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Subjects
Mental deficiency
Sewage

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