Lunacy Regulation and Administration, including Commissioners in Lunacy (later Board of Control)

Date:
1842-1948
Reference:
RET 1/5/5/2
Part of:
The Retreat Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

The following files and papers include printed copies of legislation, circulars, and correspondence with, and statistical returns made to, the Commissioners in Lunacy (later Board of Control) RET 1/5/5/2/1 represents material, some predating the establishment of the Commissioners in Lunacy, which was found loose in various places and is now brought together The material in RET 1/5/5/2/2, was discovered in original, bundles although these had become disordered and have now been sorted into chronological order RET 1/5/5/2/3-5 are original 20th files of material All of the material relates to lunacy legislation, monitoring of standards, information from the Commissioners, inspection of asylums, asylum building standards, instructions on procedures in paperwork and documentation Reports on patients to the Commissioners in Lunacy/Board of Control are at RET 6/9. Commissioners in Lunacy/Board of Control Visitors Report Books are at RET 1/4/5

Publication/Creation

1842-1948

Physical description

7 files and 21 bundles

Terms of use

Open and available at the Borthwick Institute for Archives. This material has been digitised by the Borthwick Institute for Archives as part of a Wellcome Trust funded project, and can be freely accessed online through the Wellcome Library catalogue.

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