Collection ACC/2368 - METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/2368

Title

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD

Date(s)

  • 1905 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

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Biographical history

The Metropolitan Asylums Board was established by an Order of the Poor Law Board, 15 May 1867. This Order combined the London unions and parishes in to one 'Metropolitan Asylum District' to comply with the stipulations of the Metropolitan Poor Act of 29 March 1867 (30 and 31 Vict c 6). This Act provided for "the Establishment in the Metropolis of Asylums for the Sick, Insane, and other Classes of the Poor and of Dispensaries; and for the Distribution over the Metropolis of Portions of the Charge for Poor Relief; and for other Purposes relating to Poor Relief". The Metropolitan Asylum District was responsible for "the reception and relief of poor persons infected with or suffering from fever or the disease of smallpox or who may be insane".

Under the Local Government Act, 1929 the powers and duties of the Board were transferred to the London County Council.

Archival history

ACC/2368 1905 Collection 0.16 linear metres MAB , Metropolitan Asylums Board x Metropolitan Asylums Board

The Metropolitan Asylums Board was established by an Order of the Poor Law Board, 15 May 1867. This Order combined the London unions and parishes in to one 'Metropolitan Asylum District' to comply with the stipulations of the Metropolitan Poor Act of 29 March 1867 (30 and 31 Vict c 6). This Act provided for "the Establishment in the Metropolis of Asylums for the Sick, Insane, and other Classes of the Poor and of Dispensaries; and for the Distribution over the Metropolis of Portions of the Charge for Poor Relief; and for other Purposes relating to Poor Relief". The Metropolitan Asylum District was responsible for "the reception and relief of poor persons infected with or suffering from fever or the disease of smallpox or who may be insane".

Under the Local Government Act, 1929 the powers and duties of the Board were transferred to the London County Council.

Document donated 30 Jan 1987 (ACC/2368).

Staff regulations for attendants on the patients at Metropolitan Asylums Board imbecile asylums, 1905.

One volume.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For records of staff of the Metropolitan Asylums Board see the archives of the Board (ref MAB), especially MAB 1736-1750, various committee and sub-committee minutes, and records of individual institutions. For the minutes of the MAB general purposes special sub-committees on staff regulations see MAB 793 (1896) and MAB 795 (1898).

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. April to June 2009 Medical sciences Nursing Psychiatric nursing Medical institutions Health services Hospitals Psychiatric hospitals MAB , Metropolitan Asylums Board x Metropolitan Asylums Board London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Document donated 30 Jan 1987 (ACC/2368).

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Scope and content

Staff regulations for attendants on the patients at Metropolitan Asylums Board imbecile asylums, 1905.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume.

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Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For records of staff of the Metropolitan Asylums Board see the archives of the Board (ref MAB), especially MAB 1736-1750, various committee and sub-committee minutes, and records of individual institutions. For the minutes of the MAB general purposes special sub-committees on staff regulations see MAB 793 (1896) and MAB 795 (1898).

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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  • English

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