Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-minded.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Report of the Royal Commission on the care and control of the feeble-minded, Volume VIII. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■See paragraphs 586, 715-716, «50-852. Sec paragraplis 635, 643, 805. See paragraplis 775-788. Sec paragraphs 4)35, 643. See paragrapli 801. See ])aragraph.» 610, 810. ENGLAND AND WALES. A.-THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY. (Recommendations I.-XXVII.) Transitory Measures. (Recommendations XXIV.-XXVII.) Recommendation XXIII. That the Annual Report issued by the Board of Control should Annual Report include particulars of methods of treatment for mental defect in England Board and Wales and elsewhere, accounts of new results of medical science and ° progress in regard to the proper care and supervision of the several classes of mentally defective persons, with the necessary statements of expenditure, plans, etc., etc., and that economy in construction and management of institutions should be a question considered and reported upon by the Board from year to year in their Annual Report. TRANSITORY MEASURES. Recommendation XXIV. That for immediate purposes, and pending the establishment by the Legislature of the proposed central authority and local authorities, it is expedient that the Lord Chancellor, in pursuance of his powers under Section 337 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, should at once (1) Amalgamate the office of the Chancery Visitors and their duties and staff with the office, duties and staff of the Lunacy Commissioners; (2) appoint two additional Medical Commissioners to the amalgamated office, at such salaries as, with the con- currence of the Treasury, he may think reasonable. Amalgamation of office, etc., of Chancery Visitors with that of Lunacy , Commissioners, and appointment of additional Medical Commissioners. Note.—Section 337 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, is as follows :— 337.—(1.) The Lord Chancellor may, if it seems expedient to him so to do, by order under hi.s to Igamate the office of the Masters and , their staff, and may amalgamate such offices, or hand, amalgamate the office of the Masters and their staff, and the office of the Chancery Visitors and orn-iirramatp the ! such offices, or either of them, with the office of the Commissioners, j^jj‘jj^(^^tepartments and may give such directions as he may think fit for the reconstitution of the Commissioners, and ^ ^ for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Commissioners, and of the officers and staff amalgamated respectively under any order under this section. (2.) In the event of any such amalgamation, the Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Treasury, fix the qualifications and salaries of the members of the amalgamated office and of the staff attached thereto, and may, with such concurrence, increase or diminish the number of such members and staff. (3.) An order under this .section shall not be made so as to prejudice the rights of the Masters, Visitors, and Commissioners respectively holding office at the passing of this Act. (4.) The Lord Chancellor may by order direct that such proportion as he may consider reasonable of the expenses incurred in carrying any such amalgamation into effect, including the cost of pro- viding office accommodation, shall be paid out of the percentage charged on the incomes of lunatics. Recommendation XXV. That in making fresh appointments and by the exercise of any of Transfer of the powers and jurisdictions possessed by the Lord Chancellor, the lunacy jurisdiction coming into operation of Recommendation VII. be effected as rapidly as Div?s^onTo^be may be, and if possible be applied to the business at present transacted brought into under the Lunacy Act, 1890. operation as rapidly as possible. Recommendation XXVI. That it is expedient that in pursuance of his powers under Sections Honorary 150 and 151 and 337 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, the Lord Chancellor should appoint Honorary Commissioners to fill the existing vacancies on the Board of the Lunacy Commission, being, as far as may be, persons vacancies, who combine a general interest in the well-being of the mentally