St Margaret's and Daisy Bank Avenue
6.7.1951 Mary Betteridge admitted. See Hansard
28.2.1955 Kathleen Bradley - personal case Hansard
"Kathleen Bradley who had been detained for 20 years. At the age of 19, recovering from rheumatic fever, her local authority had been unable to find anyone to look after her. Though she had been in the top class at her school and had no record of being a delinquent she had been certified as a 'mental defective'. A campaign to release her included questions in Parliament and appeals to the Board of Control. She was released in 1955."
1971: 1,404 beds
Friday, April 17, 2015
Daisy Kenyon…?
