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build separate asylums for intellectually impaired patients. It also attempts to clarify distinctions between ‘idiots’, ‘imbeciles’ and ‘lunatics’. 1890 The Lunacy Act brings in a system of orders and certificates to prevent the wrongful admission of people to asylums. Unnecessary restraint becomes an offence. 11

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