▁in ▁carrying ▁out ▁the ▁act . ▁It ▁established ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁public ▁county ▁institutions . ▁It ▁monitor ed ▁the ▁conditions ▁in ▁the ▁as yl ums ▁and ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁patients . ▁It ▁made ▁a ▁point ▁of ▁reaching ▁out ▁to ▁patients ▁in ▁work h ouses ▁and ▁pr isons ▁and ▁getting ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁proper ▁institutions ▁where ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁treated . ▁It ▁also ▁focused ▁on ▁" single ▁lun at ics " ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁connected ▁with ▁any ▁pr isons ▁or ▁work house ▁but ▁needed ▁psych iat ric ▁care . ▁It ▁monitor ed ▁the ▁treatment ▁and ▁mental ▁condition ▁of ▁patients ▁whom ▁the ▁Commission ▁could ▁not ▁remove ▁from ▁pr isons ▁and ▁work h ouses . ▁▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁County ▁As yl ums ▁Act ▁The ▁L un acy ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁was ▁passed ▁through ▁Parliament ▁simultaneously ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁County ▁As yl ums ▁Act . ▁The ▁two ▁acts ▁were ▁dependent ▁on ▁each ▁other . ▁The ▁L un acy ▁Act ▁established ▁the ▁L un acy ▁Commission ▁and ▁the ▁County ▁As yl ums ▁Act ▁set ▁forth ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁prov isions ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁monitor ed ▁within ▁the ▁as yl ums ▁and ▁helped ▁establish ▁the ▁public ▁network ▁of ▁the ▁county ▁as yl ums . ▁Like ▁the ▁L un acy ▁Act , ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁several ▁draft s ▁of ▁this ▁act ▁passed ▁before ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁and ▁several ▁after ward ▁as ▁well . ▁The ▁most ▁notable ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁the ▁ 1 8 0