Smith, C. A. (2007) Parsimony, power and prescriptive legislation: the politics of pauper lunacy in Northamptonshire 1845-1876. Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 81(2), pp. 359-385. 0007-5140.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | The Northampton General Lunatic Asylum opened in 1836 and was funded through local subscriptions. Unlike many other subscription asylums, it did not become a county asylum after the 1845 Lunacy Acts, but was registered as a charitable hospital. This article explores the dynamics that resulted in the Northamptonshire authorities' successfully evading their responsibility to build a county asylum. The loopholes in the supposedly mandatory legislation are examined, with the implications this had for the relationship between the Commissioners in Lunacy and the NGLA governors, as well as the conflict between the local magistrates and the NGLA governors that eventually forced Northamptonshire to conform and build its own specific county asylum in 1876 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | lunacy legislation, lunatic asylum, charitable hospital, Commissioners in Lunacy, local and central politics, Northamptonshire |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV4023 Poor in cities. Slums D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA670 Local history and description > DA670.N7 Northamptonshire K Law > KD England and Wales R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC435 Psychiatry > RC450 Psychiatric hospitals |
| Creators: | Smith, Catherine A |
| Northamptonshire and East Midlands: |
Health Social Issues |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 359-385 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Bulletin of the History of Medicine |
| Volume: | 81 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0007-5140 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/919 |
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