Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    SCOTLAND. PART XII. CHAPTER XLIV. PA(JE. INTRODUCTION - ... 365 I.-GENERAL STATE OF THE FEEBLE-MINDED OR IMBECILE: ■ ■ 365 Uncertified Imbecile, Feeble-Minded, and Defective Persons - - 365 II.-THE POOR LAW AND THE MENTALLY DEFECTIVE; - - - . 367 The General Board of Lunacy 367 Classes of Asylums 367 District Boards of Lunacy 368 Admission and Reception in Asylums, Poorhouses, and Private Dwellings 36& Discharges 369 Mentally Defective Persons in Poorhouses 370 I'eeble-Minded Paupers not properly certifiable under the Lunacy Acts - 371 Illegitimacy and Feebleness of mind in Poorhouses 371 Other Accommodation than that provided in Poorhouses should be available 373 Inactivity of Parish Councils in dealing with Feeble-minded - - - 373 Inactivity of Parish Councils in relation to Treatment - - - - 373 Inactivity of Parish Councils in relation to Discharge, and provision on Discharge - - - - 374 General Conclusions as to the Poor Law in relation to the Mentally Defective 375 III. -MENTALLY-DEFECTIVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS: - 375 Special Classes for “Defective” Children 375 Proportion of Defective Children in Elementary Schools ... 375 Mentally Defective Children and their Education 376 The Institutions for Imbecile Children 377 Many Imbeciles not suitable for stay in Lunatic Asylums and Poorhouses - 378 Difference of Views as to Continuous Supervision and After-care - - 378 Wider Scheme of Control and Supervision required - - - - 379 IV. -OTHER CLASSES OF MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSONS : - ■ • 381 Recidivists and Inebriates 381 Youthful Offenders 381 “ Weak-minded ” Prisoners 381 Powers of Criminal Courts to deal with Mentally Defective offenders - 382 Mentally Defective Prisoners to be sent to suitable Institutions - - 382 Mentally Defective Inebriates 382 Senile Feeble-minded or Dements 383 V.-CERTIFICATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION: - - - - 383 Present Forms of Certificates 383 General Conclusions as to Certification 385 The Form of Certificate suggested 386 Question of the Sufficiency of the present system of providing for the Mentally Defective 388 Possibility of developing the Parish Council system 388 Development of the District Boards of Lunacy recommended ... 388 Grants-in-Aid 396 Excessive Expenditure and Audit 391