An Act (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics : with explanatory notes and comments, etc. etc. / edited by Forbes Winslow.

Date:
1845
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Credit: An Act (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100) for the regulation of the care and treatment of lunatics : with explanatory notes and comments, etc. etc. / edited by Forbes Winslow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Recognizance to be entered by keepers for good behaviour, 13 Recorder’s consent necessary in granting licence, 74 Recoveries, proportion of, 148 Recovery, probability, 125 Refusal to grant a licence by jus- tices or commissioners, 26 Register, private, use of, 47, 100 Regulations, act for the, of insane, 66 Regulations for licensing madhouse out of the jurisdiction of com- missioners, 13 Religious services, 142 Removal, notice of, 84 Removal, temporary, of patients, 59 Removing of an insane patient from one establishment to another, 34 Remuneration of visitors, 70 Remuneration to medical visitors of lunatic asylums, 25 Renewal of licence, application for, how to be drawn up, 74 Repeal of former acts, 41 Report of commissioners on the Norfolk Asylum, 139 Report of committee of inquiry into lunatic asylums, 2 Reports, annual, of lunatic asylum, 15 Restoration to health, the para- mount object, 38 Restrictions as to the re-election of the fellows of the college as com- missioners, 11 Restriction of the powers of the commissioners and visitors, 95 Retaking an insane patient, law regarding, 35 Restriction with respect to the dis- chage of a patient, 93 Revocation of licences, regulations regarding, 26 & 78 Riddle, Dr., his evidence before committee, 4 Rose, Mr., bill brought in by, in 1813, for regulating madhouses, 14 Schedules, 114, et seq. Seal, common, of commissioners, 65 Search, right of, 58 Search, expense of, ib. Secretary of State, his power, 48 Secretary of State, communication ^ to, 26 Secretary of State may authorize a special visitation, 110 Secretary, appointment of, 66; pro- vision for retiring pension to, 67; of the commissioners, the person to prosecute for an offence against the act, 108; to the commis- sioners, appointment of, 34 Seventy-fifth clause, bearing of, 34 Single patient, conditions and entry to be made by person admitting a, 99 Single patients, ill treatment of, under former law, 37 ; in un- licensed houses, new law re- garding, 35, 36; conditions for keeping, 46 Single lunatic, conditions of re- ceiving into an asylum, 99 Single houses for the insane, little control over, 101 Single patient, imperfection sin the former law regarding, 101 Six calendar months, period de- fined within which an action may be brought, 107 Smith, Mrs., her evidence before committee, 4 Special meetings held by commis- sioners, 68 Special visits, 49 ; required inter- vals between, 95 Special visitation of a lunatic asy- lum may be authorized by the chancellor, 110 Statement,untrue,in the application for licence, a misdemeanor, 74 State of mind to be mentioned in patients’ book, 91 Statement, general, of total num- ber of insane in England and Wales, 126 Statement, 116 ; from medical pro- prietor or superintendent, 119 Statistics of insanity, 125 Stimulants, where indicated, 141 Suicide, 148 Suitor’s Fee Fund account, 103