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What was an attendant?
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Christine | Report | 13 Oct 2008 15:51 |
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One of my ancestors was an attendant in a lunatic asylum, can anyone please tell me what this means. Also, what did a page boy do? Was he some form of errand boy? |
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Jeanette | Report | 13 Oct 2008 16:14 |
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A page boy would be a young male servant if it is down as an occupation. An attendant at a lunatic asylum would be a worker who could do various jobs from just looking after the inmates or supervising them if they were capable of doing some sort of work. Asylums were just a place to put people society did not want to see so there were no "nurses". |
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