Mental Hospital Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Mental Hospital Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mental Hospital Committee; 1926-1948

    Other form(s) of name

    • Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee (1899-1926)

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1926-1948

    History

    Continuation of Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee. Functions widened to include out-patient clinics as an alternative to institutions or as aftercare.
    Reported to by Medical Superintendent. Previously the Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions altered slightly by the Mental Treatment Act 1930.

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Responsible for mental health institutions, including the first city asylum from 1906. Business transacted included management of the asylum, visits and reports and the details of individuals.

    Mandates/sources of authority

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Continuation of Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee. Functions widened to include out-patient clinics as an alternative to institutions or as aftercare.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee (1899-1926)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-124

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee is the predecessor of Mental Hospital Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-126

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        Sources

        JBM How York Governs Itself, BC 43/3

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