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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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22
Charges
made for
maintenance.
23. The class of patient received and the charges* made for maintenance were:—
| Institution. | Religion. | Class of defective received. | Charges. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By contract. | Supplemental payments | |||||||
| Maintenance (a week) | Burials. | Outfits. | Maintenance (a week) | Burials. | Outfits. | |||
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Certified Institution—Sections at: | No restrictions | All grades, both sexes (criminal cases not received) | Actual cost, viz.:— | Reasonable expenses | - | - | - | - |
| Darenth, Kent | 27/1½ | |||||||
| Caterham, Surrey | 27/1½ | |||||||
| Leavesden, Herts | 27/1½ | |||||||
| Fountain, Tooting | 32/8 | |||||||
| Stoke Park Colony | Protestant | All grades, both sexes (males, only such as can be dealt with by a female staff) | 5/3 | 3/6 | — | |||
| 10/6 | £3 | — | ||||||
| 14/— | £3 | — | ||||||
| St. Mary's Home | Church of England | Females over 16, who might have had illegitimate children | 14/- | - | £5 | 3/6 | - | - |
| Crathorne | Protestant | Mothers (feeble-minded or moral imbeciles) and their children (no child retained over 7 years of age) | 11/6 | £5 | £3 | 5/6 | - | £3 |
| Etloe House | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females from 16 years of age | 11/6 | £6 | £6 | 5/6 | - | — |
| Pield Heath House | Roman Catholic | Females, feeble-minded and moral imbeciles (tractable cases up to age 16) | 11/6 | £7 | - | 5/6 | - | - |
| St. Francis' School | Roman Catholic | Educable males | 11/6 | £7 | — | 6/- | - | — |
| Durran Hill House | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females aged 16 and over) (criminals and fallen women not accepted) | 11/6 | £5 | - | 5/- | - | - |
| Bigod's Hall | Roman Catholic | Males (imbeciles and feeble-minded) up to age of 16 | 11/6 | £5 | - | 6/- | - | - |
| St. Joseph's Home | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females aged 16 to 20 | 11/6 | £6 | - | 3/- | - | — |
| Western Counties Institution | No restriction | High-grade cases, both sexes | Actual cost plus 2/6 a head a week as "overhead " charge, viz.:— | |||||
| 20/9 | £5 | - | — | - | — | |||
| Girls' Training Homes Clapton | Protestant | Feeble-minded females (trainable) from 8 years upwards | 11/6 | £6 | £5 | 3/6 | - | £2 |
| Walsham How Home, Walthamstow | Church of England | Females, feeble-minded and moral imbeciles | 12/- | £3 | — | 5/6 | - | — |
| Cumnor Rise Home | Church of England | Feeble-minded females from 14 years (epileptics and fallen women not taken) | 12/- | £5 | £5 | 4/- | - | - |
| Helping Hand Home | No restriction | Feeble-minded females, preferably from 16 years | 11/6 | £3 | £4 and allowances for upkeep | 4/- | - | £4 and allowances for upkeep |
*Most of the charges specified in the contracts are on a pre-war basis, and are supplemented
by additions paid under the authority of the Minister of Health, as shown in the table.