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- 1932 (Creation)
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0.16 linear metres
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Under the provisions of the Lunacy Act of 1890 the London County Council was charged with the duty of providing and maintaining mental hospitals for rate-aided patients, and could also provide services for private paying patients. In 1937 the Council was maintaining 21 institutions with total accommodation of 33,823 beds. These institutions were often situated outside London and included:
Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent
Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey
Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex
Friern Hospital, New Southgate
Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Saint Bernard's Hospital, Southall
Saint Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill
Brunswick House, Mistley, Kent
Darenth Park, Dartford, Kent
Farmfield, Horley, Surrey
The Fountain Hospital, Tooting Grove
The Manor, Epsom, Surrey
South Side Home, Streatham Common
Caterham Hospital, Caterham, Surrey
Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Tooting Bec Hospital, Tooting Bec Road.
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Found with the archives of the Fairfield Hospital, formerly the Three Counties Asylum.
ACC/3519 1932 Collection 0.16 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council
Under the provisions of the Lunacy Act of 1890 the London County Council was charged with the duty of providing and maintaining mental hospitals for rate-aided patients, and could also provide services for private paying patients. In 1937 the Council was maintaining 21 institutions with total accommodation of 33,823 beds. These institutions were often situated outside London and included:
Banstead Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent
Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, Surrey
Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex
Friern Hospital, New Southgate
Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Long Grove Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Saint Bernard's Hospital, Southall
Saint Ebba's Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill
Brunswick House, Mistley, Kent
Darenth Park, Dartford, Kent
Farmfield, Horley, Surrey
The Fountain Hospital, Tooting Grove
The Manor, Epsom, Surrey
South Side Home, Streatham Common
Caterham Hospital, Caterham, Surrey
Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
Tooting Bec Hospital, Tooting Bec Road.
Found with the archives of the Fairfield Hospital, formerly the Three Counties Asylum.
Received 1995 (ACC/3519).
"Regulations setting forth the duties of the Officers and Servants of the London County Mental Hospitals, made 21 Dec 1926, revised to 31 Jul 1932". Printed, with later amendments pasted in.
One volume.
Available for general access.
Copyright: City of London
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For the records of individual mental hospitals please see the Hospital Records Database hosted on The National Archives website.
For a detailed description of the mental hospitals run by the London County Council see The London County Council 1938, pages 143 - 161, LMA library reference 18.7.
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Received 1995 (ACC/3519).
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"Regulations setting forth the duties of the Officers and Servants of the London County Mental Hospitals, made 21 Dec 1926, revised to 31 Jul 1932". Printed, with later amendments pasted in.
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One volume.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright: City of London
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- Latin
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English
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For the records of individual mental hospitals please see the Hospital Records Database hosted on The National Archives website.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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