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
Richmond Lunatic Asylum 252 55 Geo. III., c. 107.
House of Industry Lunatic Asylum 461
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713
ERECTED UNDER 1 AND 2 GEO. IV., c. 33.
Lunatics. Idiots.
District Lunatic Asylum, Armagh 52 6
The following table shows, at a glance, the number of lunatic and idiots
confined in 1826, and maintained in the public institutions, supported
wholly or in part by grand jury presentments in Ireland.
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| | | Under what Act
Location. |Lunatics.|Idiots.| maintained.
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Antrim County Jail | 1 | 2 |Prison Acts.
„ House of Correction | 2 | 1 | Ditto.
Carlow County Jail | 3 | -- | Ditto.
Cavan County Jail | 7 | 1 | Ditto.
Cork County and City | | |
Lunatic Asylum | 234 | 38 |27 Geo. III., c. 39, s. 8.
Clare Lunatic Asylum | 12 | 1 | Ditto.
Donegal Lunatic Asylum | 12 | 6 | Ditto.
Down County Jail | 10 | 3 |Prison Acts.
Fermanagh County Jail | 1 | -- | Ditto.
Kildare County Jail | 1 | -- | Ditto.
Kilkenny County Jail | 2 | -- | Ditto.
„ City Jail | 7 | 1 | Ditto.
„ House of Correction| 8 | -- |Prison Acts.
King's County Jail | 4 | -- | Ditto.
Leitrim County Jail | 3 | 1 | Ditto.
Limerick County Jail | 1 | -- | Ditto.
„ House of Industry | 59 | 3 |46 Geo. III., c. 95.
Londonderry County Infirmary| 13 | 12 |45 Geo. III., c. 3, s. 1.
Longford County Jail | | 2 |
Mayo Bridewell | 17 | 5 |
Meath County Jail | 1 | -- |Prison Acts.
Queen's County Jail | 1 | -- |26 Geo. III., c. 27, s. 4
Roscommon County Jail | 20 | 2 |Prison Acts.
Sligo County Jail | 5 | 4 | Ditto.
Tipperary House of Industry | 26 | 13 |46 Geo. III., c. 95, s. 2.
Tyrone County Jail | -- | 10 |Prison Acts.
Waterford County and City | | |
House of Correction | 49 | 44 |46 Geo. III., c. 95, s. 2
Wexford House of Industry | 27 | 11 |
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| 546 | 160 |
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