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Country Code GB
Repository Code 234
Repository National Records of Scotland
Reference E824/176
Title Prison Commission. Borstal Institution, Polmont: refusal to admit 2 inmates to Camelon fever hospital government could put pressure by threatening withhold grant in lieu of rates, but reluctant to take extreme measures
Dates 1921
Access Status Open
Description King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer comments 'It is clear that hospitals of this nature are legally bound to take in every applicant of whatever sort, but one must sympathise with the general public who would much dislike gaol-birds put into beds next to their friends and relations, and those in charge of the hospitals are bound to consider this aspect of the question.'
Level File
Departmental Cipher 37/D/76
 

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