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Review of law relating to detention in a psychiatric hospital on order of a criminal...
Catalogue reference: HO 343/61
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This record is about the Review of law relating to detention in a psychiatric hospital on order of a criminal... dating from 1971 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 30 in the series Home Office: Mental Patients (MNP Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 343/61
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 30
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Description (What the record is about)
- Review of law relating to detention in a psychiatric hospital on order of a criminal court: cases involving criminals issued with a hospital order who were later found to be incorrectly diagnosed and detained in a mental hospital
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MNP (68)1/23/55
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- file(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Mental illness
- Hospitals
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10927609/
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Series information
HO 343
Home Office: Mental Patients (MNP Symbol Series) Files
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Within the series: HO 343
Home Office: Mental Patients (MNP Symbol Series) Files
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