County Asylums Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 40) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that addressed concerns with the administration of asylums and...

treatment. The first asylum owing to the County Asylums Act opened at Northampton in 1811. By 1827 however only nine county asylums had opened and many...

for Montgomeryshire, who promoted the act. County Asylums Act 1828 County Asylums Act 1845 List of asylums commissioned in England and Wales Roberts,...

Interpretation Act 1978. HL Deb, 6 June 1828, col 1100 HC Deb, 13 May 1828, col 681 Current Law Statutes 1998, vol 3, p 163. Kathleen Jones. Asylums and After...

Act 1774 (14 Geo. 3. c. 49) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which set out a legal framework for regulating "madhouses" (insane asylums)...

addition to doctors. The Lunacy Act 1845 and the County Asylums Act 1845 together gave mental hospitals or "asylums" the authority to detain "lunatics...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide...

Metropolitan Asylums Board asylums (established for chronic cases) Caterham Asylum, 1870 Darenth Asylum, 1878 Leavesden Asylum, 1870 Tooting Bec Asylum, 1903...

prisons, asylums, and industrial schools. Two doctors had to sign off on each case. In 1916, reasons for people being referred to the London County Council's...

Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 123) The Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 107) The Lunatic Asylums (Ireland)...

early 20th centuries, Magdalene asylums were common in several countries. By 1900, there were more than 300 asylums in England and more than 20 in Scotland...

The Irish Lunatic Asylums for the Poor Act 1817 was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It made Ireland the first nation in the world to require...

The Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. It placed an obligation on local...

"district asylums" for patients who could not afford the fees charged by existing private and charitable "Royal Asylums". These existing "Royal Asylums" (with...

Mental Health Act 1983 to ensure treatment rather than punishment in appropriate cases. Thus, when the actus reus (Latin for "guilty act") of death is...

Ireland were a public body established by the Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821 to oversee asylums and the welfare of mentally ill people in Ireland. The Board...

England". 1828 – The County Asylums Act 1828 was enacted in England as "An Act to amend the Laws for the Erection and Regulation of County Lunatic Asylums. And...

Mental Health Act 2007 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It amended the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It...

replaced the term "asylum" with "mental hospital". It was repealed by the Mental Health Act 1959. Digital Reproduction of the Original Act on the Parliamentary...

"district asylums" for patients who could not afford the fees charged by existing private and charitable "Royal Asylums". These existing "Royal Asylums" (with...

The Idiots Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 25) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was intended to give "... facilities for the care, education...

from and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylum. The treatment of inmates in early lunatic asylums was sometimes brutal and focused on containment...

be detained by police under the section 136 powers of the Mental Health Act 1983 prior to referral. Although run by London's Metropolitan Police Service...

oversight of asylums in Ireland. It also gave powers to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to establish and operate publicly funded "district asylums" across the...

Madhouses Act 1774 Lunacy Act 1845 Idiots Act 1886 Mental Deficiency Act 1913 Mental Deficiency Act 1927 Mental Treatment Act 1930 Mental Health Act 1959 Mental...

The Criminal Lunatics Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 94) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that required and established a set procedure for...

mental health care. The background to the creation of the asylum included the 1808 County Asylums Act which was passed after an expensive war against France...

asylums were established in Britain; the passing of the County Asylums Act 1808 empowered magistrates to build rate-supported asylums in every county...

was not until 1828 that the newly appointed Commissioners in Lunacy were empowered to license and supervise private asylums. The Lunacy Act 1845 was a landmark...

The Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom implemented under the reign of George III of Great Britain. It was intended...