The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 : together with the regulations and rules made under the provisions of that Act, the departmental circulars, the Elementary (Defectice and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, and, introduction and annotations / by R.A. Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![dealt with under this Act by way of supervision or guar- dianship ; (6) who on or before attaining the age of sixteen are about to be withdrawn or discharged from a special school or class, and in whose case the local education authority are of opinion that it would be to their benefit that they should be sent to an institution or placed under guar- dianship. POWER TO DEAL WITH DEKEC’TIVES AT INSTANCE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN. 3—(1) The parent or guardian of a defective who is an idiot or imbecile, and the parent of a defective who though not an have caused to be provided or appropriated, and may deem suitable for this purpose, shall be an asylum for criminal lunatics. (b) (iv.) The procedure (in other than cases dealt with under section 8 or 9) will be found in section 5. '‘Habitual drvnkard means a person who, not being amen- able to any jurisdiction in lunacy, is, notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of into.xicating liquors, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her affairs.” [The Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, sec- tion 3.] A person comes wdthin the definition, although in the intervals between drinking bouts he may not be dangerous. [Eaton v. Best (1909), 73 J. P. 113.] The Law Officers of the Crown have advised that the definition applies to a person who habitually drinks to excess, and who is, m consequence, at times, either when sober or drunk, dangerous or in- capable. [Letter of Secretary of State to Chairman, West Riding County Council, 26th June, 1906.] See section 52. (j&) (vi.) These cases where provided for by the Poor Law Authority are to remain under Poor Law control except where dealt with under Regulations made under section 30 (ii.) or (if the woman is in a Poor Law Institution pursuant to a certificate or an order under section 24 of the Lunacy Act, 1890), section 30 (iii.). For the Regulations, see -post. The expression “poor relief” would include cases in receipt of outdoor relief, even if that were merely medical relief, as well as cases in Workhouses. It should be noticed that the proposal made is not re- stricted to women who have not been married. The married woman, or widow, giving birth to or being pregnant of an illegitimate child, when in receipt of “ poor relief,” is covered by the section if she is mentally defec- tive under any of the classifications in section 1. (2) Subject to Tlegulationx mode, by the Board of Education. For these see po.'it. As hereinafter provided (section 68). Local authority under this Act (section 27). Special schools or classes is defined in section 71. “ Or as respects whom .... guardianship.—The measure till third reading read, “ or for whom the Board of Education certify that no suit- able special school or class is available.” Notes to Section 3. (1) See section 2 (1) (a) and note. Local authority.—See section 27. Board.—Board of Control, see sub-section (2). The words, “ or the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29010172_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
