10 Popular Misconceptions About British Lunatic Asylums

The 1845 County Asylums Act made it mandatory for every county in England and Wales to build at least one asylum large enough to contain its “pauper lunatics”—the official term used for those too poor to afford private care. Soon after, over 130 immense buildings appeared across Britain, housing between 350 and 3,500 patients each. […]

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