Sheriff's Warrants

CRI nos. 12350-12493 Loose items found in this volume: 1) Ministry of Pensions form authorising the classification of a Service Patient, 20 April 1923 2) Excerpt from minute of meeting of the Advisory Committee of Wigtown Parish Council regarding the discharge of a patient, 9 February 1924 3) Excerpt from minute of meeting of Ruthwell Parish Council regarding the discharge of a patient, 1 March 1924 4) Letter from John Laurie, Clerk, Inspector and Collector, Parish Council of Annan to the Superintendent, Crichton Royal Institution, regarding a patient who was no longer required to return for treatment, 12 February 1924 5) Letter from Secretary, General Board of Control for Scotland to Medical Superintendent, Crichton Royal Institution, authorising an extension to a patient's period of probation, 29 August 1931 6) Sanction by the General Board of Control for Liberation of a Patient on Trial, 26 February 1931

1923

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A new class of patient, the Service Patient, was established during the First World War after an agreement was made with the War Office. Service Patients were admitted at a fixed rate of board into the Third Department of Crichton Royal Institution, with their board being paid by the Ministry of Pensions and later the Department of Health. These patients were Soldiers and Sailors who had served during the First World War and had been admitted to hospital as a result of suffering from mental and nervous disorders caused or aggravated by their period of service. This scheme was later extended to Officers, with the Ministry of Pensions paying a higher fixed rate of board for their admission into the First Department of Crichton Royal Institution. Patients continued to be admitted under this class during the interwar years and during and after the Second World War.

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