Series Y/COU/5/6/3 - Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee and Mental Hospital Committee minutes

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Y/COU/5/6/3

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Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee and Mental Hospital Committee minutes

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  • 1899-1948 (Creation)

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5 volumes

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(1899-1926)

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Mental health provision in York was originally established privately, with the York Lunatic Asylum opened by public subscription in 1772 and run by a board of governors. In 1796, the Retreat was opened by the Society of Friends. Public provision of asylums was permissive from 1808 and obligatory from 1845. Dissatisfaction with the asylum led to the purchase of land for a new corporation-run institution, and in 1906 the City Mental Hospital was opened at Naburn. The City funded the buildings, and the Guardians (originally) funded the patients.
Instructed the Medical Superintendent. Renamed Mental Hospital Committee in 1926.

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(1926-1948)

Administrative 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.

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Bound committee minutes of the Lunatic Asylum Visiting Committee, renamed Mental Hospital Committee from 1926

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  • English

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    BC43.1-BC44.2

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