Lunacy Commission Report 1872

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Record Number: 23.103

Record Type: Document

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The Lunacy Commission, set up by the Lunacy Act 1845, oversaw the running of the Albert, as well as many other establishments. Each year starting in 1871, after a visit, the Commissioners produced a report.

Please click the pdf to see the 1872 report's references to the Royal Albert:

Commissioners in Lunacy: Twenty-sixth Annual Report to Lord Chancellor 1872
(Paper Series: House of Commons Papers; Reports of Commissioners; Paper No. (279); Volume/page: XXVII.1)

The photograph is possibly of the Royal Albert in its earlier days (prior to 1910) when it was called an Asylum.
( © Lancashire County Museums Service Ref - LMRAH719 )

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1870s