title: Institutionalization of mentally-impaired children in Scotland, c. 1855-1914.
abstract: This article examines two institutions which were established in Scotland specifically for the accommodation of mentally-impaired children: Baldovan Asylum near Dundee and the 'Scottish National Institution for the Education of Imbecile Children' in Larbert, Stirlingshire. It surveys the aims and agendas of the institutions in the spheres of residential childcare, mental health, and education and training. It compares the admission regimes of these institutions and considers whether they complemented one another in serving an unsatisfied demand for places, or whether they were in competition for admissions, staff and charitable support. The survey covers the period from the opening of both institutions to the implementation of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913 which required the (re)certification of all children.
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow. iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hutchison
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000266:history*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization / Q000266:history*; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D019372:Orphanages / Q000266:history*; D012606:Scotland