Middlesex County Asylum (Hanwell)
Built in 1829, and opened in 1831. Originally erected to house 300 patients, additions to the original building offer housing for up to 900. Although it was frowned upon, brute force was used to on patients. No laws stretched to cover the protection of the patients of the asylum. However, in the 18th century, improvements were made, and laws enacted. According to On the Morality of Lunatics by William Farr, "At the Middlesex Asylum no strait-waistcoats, or other instruments of personal coercion have been used since the 21st of september, 1839" (18).
Works Cited:
Farr, William. “Report Upon the Mortality of Lunatics.” Journal of the Statistical Society of London, vol. 4, no. 1, 1841, pp. 17–33. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2338035. Accessed 13 Dec. 2023.