A guide to the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : containing a legal and general exposition of the Act, with suggestions to local authorities, managers and others for the organization and administration of the work dealing with the mentally defective / by John Wormald and Samuel Wormald ; with a preface by T. Edmund Harvey.

  • Wormald, John.
Date:
[1914?]
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Credit: A guide to the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : containing a legal and general exposition of the Act, with suggestions to local authorities, managers and others for the organization and administration of the work dealing with the mentally defective / by John Wormald and Samuel Wormald ; with a preface by T. Edmund Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Preface vii SECTION I. Introduction • i The Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble- minded ......... I Proposed Legislation on Mental Deficiency . . • 3 The Liberty of the Subject ...... 5 SECTION II. The Operation of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 . 8 Extent and Date of Commencement of the Act. . . 8 Definitions and Classification of Defectives under the Mental Deficiency, Lunacy, Idiots and Education Acts . . 8 Classification of Defectives by the Royal Commission. . 11 Circumstances rendering Defectives Subject to be Dealt with 12 The Act in its Relation to the Local Education Authority . 14 SECTION III. The Authorities under the Act . . . .17 The [Board of Control, its Constitution and Jurisdiction . 17 The Board of Control and the Commission in Lunacy . ,21 Administration of Property of Mentally Defectives . . 24 The Local Authority ....... 26 Duties of the Local Authority 27 Methods of Local Administration ..... 29 SECTION IV. The Administration of the Act . . . .33 Manner of DeaUng with Defectives 33 Domiciliary Supervision . . . . . . .33 Provision of Accommodation . . . , . .35 Boarding Out or Family Care :— 36 (a) In Connection with a Central Institution . . 37 (6) Not in Connection with a Central Institution . . 39 Institutions or Colonies for Defectives .... 40 Certified Institutions provided by Local Authority. . 42 Types of Colonies . . . , . . . '43 Employment and Classification of Patients • • • 45