The Lunacy Act of 1890 gave mental hospitals the power to detain "lunatics, idiots and persons of unsound mind". The Mental Deficiency Act 1913 increased these powers, establishing a Board of Control to monitor asylums.
How do you go about getting someone sectioned these days? If I gave them an anonymous tip-off that my father was a fruitcake, do you think they’d send a van? Or would I have to provide video evidence of him roaring and throwing potatoes at the neighbours?
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