Series
Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Patients Admission Registers
Catalogue reference: MH 94
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MH 94
This series contains registers kept by the Lunacy Commission, 1846 to 1913, and the Board of Control, 1913 to 1960. They record the name and sex of the patient, the name of hospital, asylum or licensed house, and the date of admission and of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MH 94
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Patients Admission Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846-1960
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers kept by the Lunacy Commission, 1846 to 1913, and the Board of Control, 1913 to 1960. They record the name and sex of the patient, the name of hospital, asylum or licensed house, and the date of admission and of discharge, or death of each patient. Further information on the medical and legal circumstances of each patient was entered in the patients diaries, also preserved in this series. These note the receipt of medical statements and action to be taken, the receipt of a patient's right to see a judicial authority, the urgency of the case, and further remarks. Temporary and private patients' diaries vary a little in the information they provide.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Control, 1913-1960
- Commissioners in Lunacy, 1845-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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228 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10937/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MH
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and successors, Local Government...
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Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Patients Admission Registers