Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of the lunatic asylums and other institutions for the custody and treatment of the insane in Ireland

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Paper No
2436
Title Actual
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of the lunatic asylums and other institutions for the custody and treatment of the insane in Ireland: part I: report, tables and returns; part II: minutes of evidence and documents
Corp Authors
House of Commons.Commission on the State of the Lunatic Asylums and Other Institutions for the Custody and Treatment of the Insane in Ireland
LC Subject Heading
Medical care - Ireland/Mental health laws - Ireland/Public health - Ireland
Breviate Keywords
Irish papers - health
Personal Author
Redington, Sir T. N., Andrews, Lutwidge, Wilkes, and Corrigan, Dr
Publisher
HMSO
Breviate Page
116
Series
Sessional papers
Abstract
It is estimated that, on 1st January 1857, the insane poor of Ireland maintained at public cost numbered 9,286. The commissioners review the state of public institutions for the insane - district asylums, workhouses, gaols and the central criminal asylum.
Pages Sectioned
158, 587
Additional Components
Minutes of evidence, appendices
Start Page
1, 159
Volume
27
Sub Volume
1
Session
1857-1858