County Asylums Act 1808

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County Asylums Act 1808
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act for the better Care and Maintenance of Lunaticks, being Paupers or Criminals in England.
Citation 48 Geo. 3. c. 96
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 23 June 1808
Commencement 23 June 1808 [a]
Repealed15 July 1828
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed by County Asylums Act 1828
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The County Asylums Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3. c. 96), also known as the Lunatic Paupers or Criminals Act 1808 or Wynn's Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1808 to 1845. Notably, the act established public mental asylums in Britain that could be operated by the county government. [1] It permitted, but did not compel, justices of the peace to provide establishments for the care of pauper lunatics, so that they could be removed from workhouses and prisons. [2]

Contents

The act is also known as Mr. Wynn's Act, after Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, a Welsh member of parliament for Montgomeryshire, who promoted the act. [3]

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of the County Asylums Act 1828 (9 Geo. 4. c. 40).

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, Andrew. "Mental Health History Timeline". studymore.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Ayers, Gwendoline (1971). England's First State Hospitals. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Thorne, R. G. (1986). "WILLIAMS WYNN, Charles Watkin (1775-1850), of Langedwyn, Denb". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 June 2017.


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