Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British IslesTuke, Daniel Hack
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Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles
Tuke, Daniel Hack
Mental health laws -- Great Britain; Mental illness -- Great Britain; Mentally ill -- Care; Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain
3. Asylums erected or provided under the provisions of the Act 8 and
9 Vict., c. 126, and now opened.
Accommodation for pauper lunatics 1114
4. Asylums in progress of erection under Act 8 and 9 Vict., c. 126,
and not yet opened.
Proposed accommodation for pauper lunatics 4299
Under provisions of previous Acts 6557
Under Act 8 and 9 Vict., c. 126 7372
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Total 13,929
Exclusive of 192 in Northampton Hospital.
Asylums existing prior to or at the passing of Act 8 and 9 Vict., c.
126--
Beds., Herts and Hants., Chester, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,
Gloucester, Kent, Lancaster (containing the largest number
of patients, 700), Leicester and Rutland, Middlesex
(Hanwell), Norfolk, Notts., Salop and Montgomery, Stafford,
Suffolk, Surrey, West Riding, Yorkshire, Bristol (borough).
Wales--Haverfordwest (town and county), Montgomery (see
Salop).
Asylums in progress of erection at the passing of this Act, and since
opened--
Oxford and Berks, Somerset, North and East Riding,
Yorkshire. Wales--Anglesea, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint,
Merioneth.
Total number for which designed 997
Additions since passing the Act 206
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Total 1203
Counties in which no steps are taken to provide asylums--
Cumberland, Durham, Northampton, Sussex, Westmoreland.
Total accommodation 5560
Subsequent additions 1753
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Total 7313
Asylums erected or provided under the above Act and now opened--
West Lancashire (Rainhill), East Lancashire (Prestwich, near
Manchester), Birmingham (borough), Kingston-upon-Hull.
For these asylums the accommodation provided in the first instance was
1114.
There were still upwards of fifty boroughs for whose pauper lunatics no
legal provision was made, and no asylum was then erected for the City of
London.
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