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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Pastures Hospital
Alternative Form of Name	Derby County Lunatic Asylum (1851-1929), Derbyshire Mental Health Hospital (1929-?)
Place	Mickleover, Derby
Epithet	mental health hospital, former Victorian lunatic asylum
Dates	1851-1993
History	In 1851, the Derby County Asylum "for the lunatic poor" at Mickleover became the first publicly-funded hospital in Derbyshire, accommodating both pauper and private patients. The visiting committee reported to County Quarter Sessions until 1889 when responsibility transferred to the new Derbyshire County Council. Under the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913 the Council were required to appoint a committee for the 'care of mental defectives', and to provide institutional accommodation where needed. The institution was renamed in 1929 to become the Derbyshire Mental Hospital, and renamed again in the mid-twentieth century to become Pastures Hospital. Having transferred to the National Health Service in 1948, the hospital was closed in 1993 as part of the reorganisation of mental health care.
Source of Authority	Lunacy Act, 1845 County Asylums Act, 1845 Lunacy Act, 1890 Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 National Health Service Act, 1946
Other Information	Counties had been given permissive powers to build asylums for pauper lunatics in 1808 and this was made compulsory in 1853. Responsibility for mental health and other hospital services transferred to regional hospital boards under the National Health Service Act.
Authorised Form of Name	Mickleover, Derby; Pastures Hospital; 1851-1993; mental health hospital, former Victorian lunatic asylum

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