Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COX TENTS—coiitirMed. PART VII. MENTALLY DEFECTIVE PERSONS AND THE LUNACY COMMISSION Chapter XXXI.—(i)—Constitution and Procedure of the Lunacy Commission of England and Wales and the General Board of Lunacy in Scotland (ii.) Present Constitution and Work of the Lunacy Commission in England and Wales (hi.) Local Authorities and Asylums (iv.) Present Constitution and Work of the General Board of Lunacy in Scotland (v.) Differences between English and Scoteh Methods Chapter XXXTI.—Suggestions for the Reorganisation of the Lunacy Com- mission --------- „ XXXIII.—Visitation and Discharge - - ,, XXXIV.—The Extension of Asylum Accommodation „ XXXV.—Intermediate Hospitals, Family Colonies and Guardianship, Farm Colonies and Observation Wards - - - (i.) Intermediate Hospitals - - - - - (ii.) Family Colonies ------ (iii) Tbe Scottish System of Boarding-out or Family Guardianship - - - - (iv.) Large Farm Colonies (v.) The Probable Cost of the Colony System (vi.) Observation and Reception Wards - - - (vii.) The “ Temporary ” Certificate (viii.) The Promotion of Scientifie Investigation Chapter XXXVI.—Certification, Wardship and Detention - . . . (i.) Certification (ii.) Wardship ------- (lii.) Curate) le ------- (iv.) The Conseil de Famille - - - - - (v.) The Curator Bonis - - - . - (vi.) Legal Guardianship - - . - - (vii.) Detention ------- Chapter XXXVII.—The Management and Administration of Property - ,, XXXVIII.—The Chancery Jurisdiction and the Lunacy Commission - (i.) Administrative Powers and Duties (ii.) Suggested Amalgamation of the Judicial Authority and the Lunacy Commission - (iii.) The Scheme of Amalgamation suggested by the Master of the Rolls - - - - (iv.) The Taxation of Costs in Lunacy - XXXIX.—Summary of Conclusions as to Part VII. - PART VIII.-FINANCE. Chapter XL.—Finance ---------- The Four Shilling Grant ----- The Proposals of the Royal Commission on Local Taxation in regard to Grants-in-Aid and a Building Grant in respeet of Pauper Lunatics and Epileptics ------ The Apportionment of State Aid towards the Care and Control of Mentally Defective Persons Financial Charges and Estimates for Different Classes of Mentally Defective Persons in the Areas Investigated by the Medieal Investigators Accounts of Asylums and Audit - - - - PART IX.-AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED. Chapter XLI.—Institutions for the Feeble-Minded in America - PART X.-EPILEPTICS. Chapter XLII.—Epileptics - - - - Definition of Sane Epileptics - - - - Statistics of Epileptics ------ The Poor Law and Epileptics - - - _ Elementary Education and Epileptics - The Commencement of Epilepsy in Relation to its Treatment - Sane Epileptics in Prisons - - - - - Insane Epileptics in Asylums and Workhouses Voluntary Institutions ------ The Development of Industrial Colonies for Epileptics - - - - - Some Miscellaneous Questions and Conclusions PAGE. 203 205 208 209 210 211 215 223 230 230 231 235 237 237 242 245 245 246 247 250 252 254 256 257 258 258 261 263 267 271 276 277 281 281 284 285 28i> 295 297 302 302 303 307 309 312 314 314 315 317 31»