Why did asylums close in the UK

This is a guide to records of lunatic asylums, their inmates and other records relating to mental health, primarily from the 19th century, held at the national archives.The hospital once played home to nearly 2,000 patients and was the last of five psychiatric hospitals built at.The asylum age arrived suddenly in the 19th century.After the 1890 act, the use of restraints was severely limited and had to be approved by a medical officer and each use recorded.An army camp housing asylum seekers in pembrokeshire is set to close within days, a uk government minister says.West park hospital in epsom in surrey is being cleared to make room for new housing.

This excluded 'harmless and incurable idiots', 10,000 of whom remained.The victorian mental asylum has the reputation of a place of misery where inmates were locked up and left to the mercy of their keepers.Why, despite mental illnesses having been constant over time, have many asylums closed?Bed restraints were also used.