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Newspaper Article

Title
Patients amok at Claremont
In
The Daily News
Imprint
11 February 1948, p. 1
Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79673226
Description

This article from The Daily News. It is a sensationalised account of patients escaping from Claremont Mental Hospital. This is the lead article on the front page and there are similar items throughout this edition. These all give an insight into some of the conditions at Perth's mental health institutions and the way mental illness was portrayed to the public.

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