Such patients as are thought sufficiently recovered, or who are
otherwise well-behaved, attend divine service on Sundays and Fridays
in the visiting room of the male patients (which is also the servants’
hall). They are provided with prayer-books, and generally conduct
themselves well.
If any patient objects to the church service, or has any other
objection to attendance, he is never obliged to appear. The male
and female criminals attend on Sundays. The chaplain attends at the
criminal wing on Wednesdays also. The service is performed by the Rev.
Henry Budd, M.A., chaplain to the hospital. The keepers attend in turn
with the other servants of the establishment.