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London County Council 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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APPENDIX I.
Financial statement showing the cost of administration of the Mental Deficiency Act during the year ending 31st March, 1924.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ascertaining numbers, supervising and dealing with defectives— | |||||||||
| (a) Salaries, etc., of officers | 9,957 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| (b) Travelling expenses | 228 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| (c) Costs and charges in legal proceedings | 27 | 19 | 6 | ||||||
| (d) Temporary detention in places of safety, including expenses of conveyance, removal,etc. | 987 | 11 | 3 | ||||||
| (e) Grants to voluntary societies | 2,021 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
| 3,261 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 16,483 | 17 | 4 | |||||||
| (2) Institutional treatment— | |||||||||
| 51,132 | 12 | 5 | |||||||
| 155 | 13 | 10 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| 51,309 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| (3) Guardianship— | |||||||||
| (a) Maintenance | 614 | 9 | 5 | ||||||
| (b) Conveyance, removal and other expenses | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| 617 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| 68,410 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
| (4) Maintained in institutions provided by the local authority— | |||||||||
| South Side Home, Streatham (a) | 5,554 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Brunswick House, Mistley | 3,136 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| The Manor, Epsom | 70,957 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 79,647 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| 148,058 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| Contributions towards maintenance of defectives and costs recoverable | 6,040 | 17 | 5 | ||||||
| Charges to staff in Council's institutions for board and lodging, and miscellaneous income— | |||||||||
| South Side Home (b) | 783 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| Brunswick House (b) | 505 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| The Manor (b) | 8,555 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| 9,844 | 11 | 6 | |||||||
| Grant from Board of Control (c) | 66,393 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| 82,279 | 5 | 11 | |||||||
| (a) Including debt charges. | |||||||||
| (b) Including deductions from pay of staff in respect of pensions. | |||||||||
| (c) Including gratuities in respect of criminal defectives. | |||||||||