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London County Council 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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10. Of the patients, therefore, for whom the Council was responsible to find
accommodation, 835 were not being housed in London County mental hospitals,
and as shown in Table 2, the London County mental hospitals were accommodating
537 more London patients than the measured space allowed for, so that (on the
basis of measured bed space) the total number of patients for whom additional beds
were required on 1st January, 1924, was 1,372 (620 males and 752 females), i.e.,
365 more than the number surplus to accommodation on 1st January, 1924. Thus
the continued use under contract of additional accommodation in out-county mental
hospitals has been necessary, and four additional contracts have been entered into
since 31st March, 1923. Arrangements for the termination of some of the contracts,
as accommodation at the new West Park mental hospital becomes available during
1924, are in hand.
Insufficiency
of acoommo.
dation.
11. Contracts in force at 31st March, 1924, were as follows:—
Table 4.
| Mental hospital. | Number contracted for. | Charge a head a week provided for in the original contract. | Charge a head a week made at 31st March, 1924. | Date of commencement. | Full term of contract. | Date of expiry. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | t. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | Years. | |||
| Leicester City | - | 115 | 115 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16th July, 1924 | 5 | 15th July, 1929 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Monmouth County | - | 90 | 90 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8th January, 1924 | 3 | 7th January, 1927 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Cornwall County | 35 | — | 35 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19th October, 1923 | 1 | 18th October, 1924 (or earlier by one month's notice). |
| Three Counties | 80 | 70 | 150 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11th April, 1921 | 5 | 10th April, 1926 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Worcester County and City | 100 | - | 100 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22nd February, 1923 | 5 | 21st February, 1928 (or earlier by three months' notice.) |
| Bucks County | 25 | — | 25 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3rd August, 1923 | 5 | 2nd August, 1928 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Oxford County | 50 | 20 | 70 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3rd September, 1923 | 5 | 2nd September, 1928 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| City of London | 35 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1st July, 1923 | 5 | 30th June, 1928 (or earlier by six months' notice). |
| Yorks, East Riding | 60 | 70 | 130 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6th February, 1924 | 1 | 5th February, 1925 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Total | 385 | 370 | 755 | |||||||||
Patients
boarded out.
Contract
accommodation.
12. The numbers of lunatics for whom the Council has been responsible to find accommodation on 1st January in certain years since 1890 are as follows*:—
Table 5.
| Date. | Parish and county patients. | Chargeable to Prison Commissioners. | Patients on private list, etc., and private patients at Horton. | Total. | Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January— 1890 | 10,100 | 4 | - | 10,104 | - |
| 1900 | 15,061 | 17 | 107 | 15,185 | 5,081 |
| 1910 | 19,288 | 39 | 587 | 19,914 | 4,729 |
| 1920 | 16,243 | 7 | 1,046 | 17,296 | 1,695 |
| 1921 | 16,557 | 40 | 1,219 | 17,816 | 520 |
| 1922 | 17,085 | 36 | 1,228 | 18,349 | 533 |
| 1923 | 17,343 | 15 | 1,142 | 18,500 | 151 |
| 1924 | 17,725 | 10 | 1,183 | 18,918 | 418 |
Statistics,
1890-1924.
* Figures for 1890-1915 and 1916-19 are given in the Annual Reports for 1915-19 (vol.
II., p. 15) and 1921 (vol. II., p. 6).
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