Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers.

  • Danby Palmer Fry
Date:
1890
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Credit: Lunacy law : the statutes relating to private lunatics, pauper lunatics, criminal lunatics, commissions of lunacy, public and private asylums and the commissioners in lunacy / with an introductory commentary, notes to the Statutes, references to cases decided in the superior courts, and a copious index by Danby P. Fry ; edited by George F. Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Discharge of lunatics—continued. relntive or friend that he will be no longer chargeable, 62, 194; how expenses of are to be borne, 66, 291. Discharge of lunatic from licensed house after licence has expired, 260. Discharge of patients from licensed house or hospital, 39, 195; entry to be made with regard to, 336 ; notice to be given, 336 ; person signing order for admission may direct, 191; how if such person is dead or incapable, 191; of pauper patients, 192 ; of patients certified to be dangerous, 192; of patients by visiting commissioners, 192 ; by visitors, 193 ; signing of order for, 194; special visits, previous to, 192, 193; examination of medical attendant before, 193,194; transmission of statement by medical attendant against, 194 ; interval between the two special visits, for, 193 ; notice of second visit for, when and to whom to be given, 193; powers of, not to extend to persons found lunatic by inquisition, 194. Discharge of patients from licensed house on trial, 186. Discharge of single patient from unlicensed house, 21, 191, 192, 193; how when dangerous, 122 ; liy order of Lord Chancellor, 254; after recovery, 195; notice of, to be sent, 195; from county or borough asylums, 61, 193. Discharge from custody, of persons who, whilst temporarily insane, attempt to gain admittance to the King, 86. Discharge of lunatics upon trial, from asylum, 185; allowances to, 185; in what event they may be retaken, 186. Dis-charge of lunatics by commissioners when certificates are defective or incorrect, 174. Discharge of criminal lunatics, 106, 129; from county asylum, hospital, or licensed house, of persons who may cease to be insane or dangerous idiots, 89, 90; when conditions of, are broken, lunatic maybe retaken, 129. See Secretary of State. Diseases, contajious or infectious, patients afflicted with, or coming from district where prevalent, may be excluded from asylum, 59-80. Dismissal of nurse or attendant from hospital or licensed house, notice of, to be sent to commissioners, 38, 54, 336; of officers and servants of asylums, 281; of nurse or attendant to be reported by clerk of asylum to commissioners, 54, 336. Disorder, firm of patients', to be entered in book of admissions, 332. Disqualitication of ])erson to act as commissioner, visitor, secretary, clerk, or assistant, 234, 236, 240; disqualified persons so acting guilty of a mis- demeanor, 234, 240. Dissenting ministers, visits of, to patients in asylums, 54, 282. Dissolution of unions for providing pauper lunatic asylums, 51, 275 ; division of property belonging to them, 276. Distress for penalty and costs, recovery of money by, 299. District asylum, detention of paupers in, on ground of insanity, 114. District schools, detention of jiaupers in, on ground of insanity, 114. Dividends, interpretation of, 310; on Government or Bank stock standing in lunatic's name, power to receive, 227, 228. Divine service in licensed houses and hospitals, inquiries to be made with regard to, by commissioners and visitors, 247; in asylums, inquiries to be made with regard to, by commissioners, 243; celebration of, 281. Division of property on dissolution of union, 276. Documents, copies of. See Copies. Documents relating to patient, production of, to visiting commissioners and visitors, 248 ; to be kept by clerk of asylum, 282 ; transmission of, to commissioners, on admission of jiatients, 332. Doubtful iwtients in licensed house, proceeding of visiting commissioners in such case, 248. Dumb persons. See Deaf, dumb, and blind.