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MENTAL HEALTH
As requested by the Ministry the following details of the
service are set out:-
Administration.
The staff employed on this work comprised:- The Medical
Officer of Health - in general administrative control. The Deputy
Medical Officer of Health and one Assistant Medical Officer of
Health (approved by the Ministry of Education for purposes of
Section 53 of the Handicapped Pupils and School Health Services
Regulations), as certifying Medical Officers for Mental Deficiency.
5 Duly Authorised Officers. 1 Clerk. 1 Occupation Centre Supervisor.
4 Assistant Occupation Centre Supervisors.
There is close personal contact with the Medical Officers
and Social Workers of the Hospital Psychiatric 0.P. Clinic, the
Regional Hospital Board's O.P. Mental Deficiency Clinic and the
Child Guidance Centre. The Deputy Medical Officer of Health continues
to pay periodic visits to the Mental Deficiency Colony
accepting the majority of Croydon cases.
The only duty delegated to a voluntary association was the
supervision of 13 mental defectives placed under guardianship in
Brighton, by the Guardianship Society.
Work carried out in the Community.
On the recommendation of the Medical Staff of Warlingham
Park Hospital, the Corporation accept financial responsibility
for patients to stay at approved homes conducted by the Cental
After Care Association and three cases were so dealt with during
the year.
Under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts.