[719] Lunacy Act 1890, secs. 20, 21; cf. Lunacy Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vic. c. 52, secs. 2 and 3.

[720] Ibid. sec. 24.

[721] Lunacy Act 1889, sec. 40.

[722] Ibid. sec. 42.

[723] Eighth Annual Report, 1878-9, p. xli.

[724] First Annual Report, 1871-2, p. xxix.

[725] Circular Letter, "Metropolitan Asylums for Imbeciles," 12th February 1875, in Fifth Annual Report, 1875-6, p. 3.

[726] Circular Letter, "Age of Children sent to Imbecile Asylums," 24th July 1882, in Twelfth Annual Report, 1882-3, p. 17.

[727] Local Government Board to West Ham, January 1885; Local Government Chronicle, 24th January 1885, p. 77.

[728] Special Order of 21st March 1900 (apparently not published); referred to in Thirtieth Annual Report 1900-1, p. ci.