Ontario. Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1908

      History

      The Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane was created by the Provincial Secretary in 1908, and was composed of three individuals with W.A. Willoughby as the Chairman.

      Commission members travelled extensively in Europe to examine current practices there. Their brief report called for the isolation of those patients with tuberculosis, increased staffing in hospitals, "the proper care and treatment of insane criminals", and the establishment of psychiatric hospitals as the need arose at university centres.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane investigated the treatment of the insane in Ontario and made recommendations for improved practices.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary (1867-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA27

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary controls Ontario. Commission on the Methods Employed in Caring for and Treating the Insane

      Dates of relationship

      1908

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA488

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Archives of Ontario, Series RG 18- 501 Box 1

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          B. Krawczyk, R. Anger