| Collection Name: |
Fit Person to be Removed |
| Repository Name: |
British Library. National Sound Archive [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
London, England, United Kingdom |
| Local Identifier: |
C549 |
| URL: |
http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/5?searchdata1=C549%7B087%7D%2BAND%2BA336%7B001%7D&library=ALL |
| Dates Spanned: |
1986-1989 |
| Description: |
Seventeen personal accounts of life in a mental deficiency institution from long-term residents. Many had been incarcerated under the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act as 'a fit person to be removed' from society: some simply because they had learning difficulties or they were pregnant outside marriage, another as victim of cerebral palsy. They speak out about their ways of coping with the devastating effects of institutional life and, for some, coming to terms with rejoining the wider community as a result of changing mental health and 'community care' practices. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
17 |
| ASP Subjects: |
Biography; Law--Great Britain; Mental retardation facilities patients--Great Britain; Mental retardation--Great Britain; Oral history; People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Great Britain; Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain; United Kingdom |
| Other Subjects: |
1913 Mental Deficiency Act |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0002531 |
