Agency:
Mental Deficiency Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1922
End Date:
01 Dec 1964
Description:
Supervision, protection, and control of people described at the time as 'mental defectives'. Some Board members were also officers of the State Psychological Clinic (see TA9). The role of the board was reassigned to officers of the restructured Division of Psychiatric Services.
Legislation Administered:
Mental Deficiency Act 1920
Legislation Creating:
Mental Deficiency Act 1920 (11 Geo V No.50)
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Mental Health Act 1963 (Proclaimed 1/12/1964)
Controlled Agencies:
| State Psychological Clinic (TA9) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
Related Agencies:
| Division of Mental Hygiene (TA11) | 01 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1956 |
| Nelumie, Institution for Female Defectives (TA15) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1965 |
| Division of Mental Health (TA12) | 01 Aug 1956 | 02 Apr 1963 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Guardianship Board (TA10) | 01 Jan 1963 | 01 Sep 1997 |
Series Created By Agency:
| CB28/1 Drafts of Regulations and Registrations and associated Papers. | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1930 |
| AA5 Files of Persons Examined under Sections 7, 8, 23, 24, 26, 27, of the Mental Deficiency Act 1920. | 09 May 1920 | 31 Aug 1960 |
| AA4 Patients Case Files. | 01 Jan 1922 | 31 Dec 1964 |
| CB28/2 Returns received from Schools in Reply to Questionnaire relating to Mental Deficiency. | 01 Jan 1928 | 31 Dec 1928 |
| AA6 Case Files of Mental Defectives Placed under Guardianship. | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1974 |
| AA37 Minutes of Meetings. | 31 Mar 1947 | 13 Dec 1988 |
| AA3 Correspondence Files - about Patients | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 1969 |