Division within MH1798-1981Records of the Lunacy Commission, Board of Control and Special Hospitals
Records of the Lunacy Commission, Board of Control and Special Hospitals relating to responsibilities for the hospital care of the mentally ill and detention of the criminally insane.
Minutes of meetings of the Lunacy Commissioners and Board of Control are in MH 50 with general correspondence and papers in MH 51. Correspondence concerning asylum buildings is in MH 83. Representative case papers of patients are in MH 85, with selected files concerning patients whose cases raised questions of precedent in MH 86. Registers of patient's admissions are in MH 94
Notes of monthly conferences of the Board of Control are in MH 100. Representative files of reports on visits by the commissioners to institutions under the board's control are in MH 95. Selected case files of patients at the institutions at Broadmoor, Moss Side and Rampton are in MH 103. Registered files of the board relating to these institutions are in MH 118