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London County Council 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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London County Council.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1923.
CHAPTER XVIII.
During 1923 the position, powers and duties of the Council in regard to the
care of the mentally afflicted have not been altered and the statement under these
heads in the Annual Report for 1921 (vol. II., pp. 3-4), has therefore not been
reprinted.
CHAPTER XIX.
Report of the Mental Hospitals Committee to the London County Council.
1. This is the seventh annual report (for the year ended 31st March, 1924) of
the Committee to which under section 35 of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1915, stand referred all matters relating to the exercise by the Council
of the powers of a visiting committee under the Lunacy Acts. It is the thirtysecond
annual report as to the administration of the London County mental hospitals.
Scope of the
report.
2. During the twelve months under review meetings have been held as
follows:—Mental Hospitals Committee, 11; visiting sub-committees of mental
hospitals (as a rule, twice in four weeks, once to transact general business and once
to discharge patients and to make statutory inspections), 242; other sub-committees,
34.
M eetings.

Table: Accommodation. 3. On 1st January, 1924, the accommodation at the London County mental Accommodation hospitals, according to the requirements of the Board of Control as to bed space, was:—Table 1.

Accommodation. 3. On 1st January, 1924, the accommodation at the London County mental Accommodation hospitals, according to the requirements of the Board of Control as to bed space, was:—

Table 1.

Mental hospital.Males.Females.Total.
Banstead1,0141,3752,389
Bexley1,0201,0712,091
Cane Hill8461,2242,070
Claybury9241,2292,153
Claybury Hall (for private cases only)64—64
Colney Hatch1,0451,4902,535
Hanwell9841,3042,288
Horton1891,7261,915
Long Grove1,0861,0192,105
Ewell Colony (Epileptic Colony)329100429
Total7,50110,53818,039
Total (excluding Claybury Hall)7,43710,53817,975

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4. At Bexley, Cane Hill and Hanwell, as a result of alterations and the use
as single bedrooms for patients of rooms formerly allocated to staff, the accommodation,
as compared with that on 1st January, 1923, has been increased by 53
beds (11 males at Bexley, 39 females at Cane Hill, and 3 males at Hanwell, see
corresponding table printed in the Annual Report for 1922, Vol. II. p. 6).