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Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857. An Act for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland. The Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857 [1] ( 20 & 21 Vict. c. 71) formed mental health law in Scotland from 1857 until 1913.
Notable amongst these was Bethlem Hospital, which, as a charitable institution, had been exempt from inspection under the 1845 Lunacy Act. The help of the Society was enlisted by patients and they persuaded the home secretary to allow the Commissioners in Lunacy to inspect the asylum. The Commissioner's critical report in 1852 led to reforms.
An Act to consolidate certain of the Enactments respecting Lunatics. The Lunacy Act 1890 ( 53 & 54 Vict. c. 5) formed the basis of mental health law in England and Wales from 1890 until 1959. [1] It placed an obligation on local authorities to maintain institutions for the mentally ill.
2.1. The Lunacy Act of 1890. In 1889, Parliament imposed new legislation on psychiatrists and lunatic asylums under pressure from public anxieties about wrongful confinement, which was engendered by newspapers and journals between the 1860s and 1880s. 16 In particular, the case of a Mrs Weldon drove the public to demand legal safeguards from wrongful confinement. 17 A politician sensitive to ...
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The Madhouses 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 ).
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