Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor : presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her majesty.

  • Great Britain. Lunacy Commission.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor : presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    tients therein, to make certain inquiries there, and to report to the Poor Law Commis- sioners (s. 111.) 5th.—To inquire into the property of Lunatics, and report thereon to your Lordship; and to examine into the cases of single patients (ss. 89—95). Under the second Act (c. 120,) our principal Under 8 & 9 ! , • , - ,• n Vict. c. 126. duties appear to be as follows: 1st.—To receive and take into consideration all proposals and agreements for uniting Counties and Boroughs, and for building and providing- Asylums, buildings, yards, and other accommodations for Pauper Lunatics, and all' contracts and plans intended to be adopted ; to make inquiries relative thereto, and to re- port thereon to one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, (s. 28,) and to make the same inquiries and report relative to all con- tracts for the maintenance of Paupers in Licensed Houses (s. 29). 2nd.—To receive and make abstracts (yearly) of the accounts of all moneys received and paid on account of all County and Borough Asy- lums, for the purpose of the same being sub- mitted to both Houses of Parliament (s. 44). Collaterally with the several matters before spe- Various other cified, duties of a very onerous and multifarious both AcS^' kind have devolved upon us, to which we can onlv refer in general terms. These consist in reviewing and considering- the sufficiency of all orders, medical certificates, notices, statements, and other B 2