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From: "Andrea Clark" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] 'Lock up Moor Street' Birmingham Parish?
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:30:41 +0100
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Ah thanks Jan-the gaol.My researcher worked from the admission book & an
Order was not mentioned.I hope she will be going back at some time & will
have a chance to note some more details & it will become clearer.At first of
course we did not know if it was indeed 'my' Albert.
Many thanks
Andrea

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] 'Lock up Moor Street' Birmingham Parish?


> Hi Andrea,
> The Lock Up Moor Street was the local Gaol (Prison) erected by the Street
> Commissioners in 1806
> The Municipal Buildings comprised Court rooms, Public Offices (including
> poor law) and Prison.
> The Borough Gaol had been opened in Winson Green by 1849 ...... and I
don't
> have dates as to when the lock up ceased to function as such.
> However, it looks as though an Order was made to admit your Albert Kempson
> to the Asylum, and his treatment then consisted of sedation in the form of
> Pot. Brom.
>
> Did your researcher locate any such order ........ this would be stated in
> the admission book.
> Epilepsy was such a different disorder in those days - there was no
> significant treatment, and often there were no means of stopping a "fit".
> One fit would very often follow another (status epilepticus) and this in
> itself could lead to brain damage.
> Sometimes, death would occur either from the damage or from exhaustion
> ...... but in other cases the person would recover with severe damage, and
> require institutional "care".
>
> All the best, Jan
> www.rossbret.co.uk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrea CLARK" <>
> > His previous abode was 'Lock up Moor Street' Birmingham Parish.
> > Anyway my question is do you know of anything about 'Lock up Moor
street'?
> > Was it a well known hostel type of place?...
> > Andrea
> >
>
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