Defectives Collection

Great Barr Colony, Staffordshire
Great Barr colony for mental defectives, opened circa 1918 by the Walsall and West Bromwich Joint Committee to house people with severe learning difficulties

Asylum for idiots, Essex Hall, Colchester
The Asylum for Idiots at Essex Hall, Colchester, pictured in 1851. The institution later became known as Royal Eastern Counties Institution for Mental Defectives. 1851

BOYS TAUGHT TRADES
Two boys in a workshop at the London School for Mental Defectives: the children are taught trades such as upholstery, carpentry and boot making Date: 1931

Seafield House, Seaforth, Liverpool. In 1914, the West Derby Union converted and extended a former convent on Waterloo Road at Seaforth to provide accommodation for what were then referred to as

West Derby Union, Liverpool - Seafield House, Seaforth
Seafield House, a home for mental defectives, was opened in 1914 by Liverpools West Derby Union in a former convent at Seaforth. Date: 1925

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Inmates House
" One of the houses for patient inmates at the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Colony Layout Pl
" A layout plan of the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland, by the Northern Counties Joint Poor Law Committee." Date: 1930

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Infirmary
" The infirmary block at the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland, by the Northern Counties Joint Poor Law Committee." Date: 1930

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Birds Eye View
" A bird s-eye view illustration of the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland

Nurses Home, Great Barr Park Colony, Staffordshire
The Hailey Nurses Home at the Great Barr Park Colony, Staffordshire. The colony, for what were then termed mental defectives

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