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
| | |Asylum, Starcross,
| | |Exeter.
| | |
MIDLAND |Idiots and |By election |Cases admitted by
COUNTIES |imbeciles |with payment |election with £10 per
IDIOT |belonging to |the of £10 |annum, or upon the
ASYLUM, |lower and |per annum. |reduced rate of payment,
Knowle, |higher |By reduced |£27 per annum and £5 for
Birmingham. |middle |and full |clothing, must belong to
|classes. |rates of |the counties of
| |payment. |Leicestershire,
| | |Shropshire,
| | |Staffordshire,
| | |Warwickshire, or
| | |Worcestershire. The full
| | |rate of payment is £54
| | |per annum and £10 extra
| | |for clothing. Cases are
| | |also admitted at higher
| | |rates, with special
| | |privileges. Cases may be
| | |re-elected.
| | |
| | |Superintendent, Miss
| | |Stock. Secretary, Mr. W.
| | |G. Blatch, Knowle,
| | |Birmingham.
| | |
THE BATH |Youthful |By payment |The ordinary rate of
INSTITUTION |idiots and |of £25 or |payment is £25 per annum,
FOR |imbeciles |£50 per |exclusive of clothing.
FEEBLE- |under 15 |annum, |Cases paying £50 per
MINDED |years of |exclusive of |annum have special
CHILDREN, |age. |clothing. |privileges. No medical
35, | | |certificates are required
Belvedere, | | |within seven days of
Bath. | | |admission, as needed for
| | |other asylums.
| | |
| | |Superintendent, Miss
| | |Heritage.
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In two or three counties there are branch asylums connected
with the county lunatic asylums, where pauper imbeciles and
harmless lunatics are placed; but training schools for pauper
idiots are not provided, except in Middlesex.
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