The Pharmacy Book:
One overcast, early spring morning while clambering over the rooftops of Cane Hill, Baldrickthecunning and I suddenly stumbled upon the pharmacy. No one had explored it for a few years from what other peoples' pictures looked like! Having avoided the regular security patrols we dived in through the window and the first thing I discover, (if you look through the pigeon shit) was a Pharmacy record book dating back to 1915...
If you thought the writing of yester-year was all rather ornate and swirly, you'll be disappointed. Here's an example of one page, but everything else is unreadable. Nice, isn't it? 
Flicking through, the first thing you're bound to notice is the name of Sir James Moody. He was the very first medical superintendent of the asylum and worked there from 1883 till 1915. Not much is really known about the man. There are numerous different dates around which commemorate his death. The one noted in the pharmacy book is 18th September 1915... 
He was buried upon the grounds of Cane Hill on 24th September 1915 as he stated in his will. 
His wife, Lady Moody gets a mention on four separate occasions in this book. For what purpose, it isn't quite clear...
He was buried upon the grounds of Cane Hill on 24th September 1915 as he stated in his will. 
His wife, Lady Moody gets a mention on four separate occasions in this book. For what purpose, it isn't quite clear...The pharmacy book covers 1915 to 1916 as the hospital was now being used as a military hospital where the further intake of civilian mental cases ceased. During the first World War it was used as a hospital for injured soldiers and the book mentions one hell of a lot of deaths. It's unknown if these were suicides or death from natural causes or due to injury...