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24. The guardianship scheme established by the Central Association for
Mental Welfare, some details of which were set out in the Annual Report for 1925
(Vol. II., p. 33, pars. 22-24), was brought into operation during 1926. In each
instance the London cases placed through the Association's agency were females,
and proceeded in the first place on leave of absence from certified institutions. The
prospective guardians who have been provided are in the district of Letchworth
(Herts). Difficulty is experienced by the Association in finding persons suitable
and willing to undertake the guardianship of male defectives.
Guarardianship
scheme of
Central
Association
for Mental
Welfare.
25. On account of this difficulty the Council agreed to payment being made
at a rate not exceeding 20s. a head a week for any male defectives who might be
placed through the Association's agency, instead of at the rate of 15s. a head a week,
which had previously been agreed upon. (See Annual Report for 1925, Vol. II.
p. 33, par. 23).
Basis of
payment.
26. The Council has agreed to pay to the Central Association, monthly in
advance, at the rate of £5 a head a year in respect of the upkeep of outfits provided
for London defectives, placed through the Association's agency, in addition to not
more than £10 a head for the provision or completion of initial outfits.
Mabys Association.
27. Experimental arrangements were made with the Mabys Association for
placing suitable female defectives for whom the Council is responsible, under
guardianship or under care while absent on licence from certified institutions with
a view to guardianship, at the Association's Home at Battersea, upon payment
by the Council, for each case so placed, at the rate of 25s. a week, inclusive, subject
to the deduction of any wages received by a defective who might be placed in daily
domestic service while under the Association's care, less a reasonable allowance of
pocket money.
Mabys
Association.
Provision of care in institutions.
(a) Accommodation under contract.
28. During the year 1926, the Council was still obliged to make use of accommodation
which it had been able to secure under contract to enable it to make provision
for those ascertained cases of mental defect for which supervision or guardianship
does not make sufficient provision. The following table shows the number of
cases for which accommodation was being provided thus at the end of 1926 :—
A\ccommodat,ion
in institutions
under
contract.
Institution.
Fe-
Males. males.
Institution.
Fe-
Males. males.
Metropolitan Asylums Board
Certified Institution 504 406
National Institutions for Persons
Requiring Care and Control:—
Stoke Park Colony,
Bristol 28 56
Whittington Hall 5
St. Mary's Home, Alton, Hants — 17
Crathorne, Finchley 9
Etloe House, Leyton — 24
Pield Heath House, Hillingdon — 2
St. Francis' School, Buntingford 4 —
St. Joseph's Home, Sudbury,
Suffolk — 1
Western Counties Institution,
Starcross 1 Girls' Training Homes, Clapton — 4
Walsham How Home,
stow— 20
Cumnor Rise Home, Cumnor,
Berks — 2
Helping Hand Home, Upper
Hollo way — 14
Pontville, Ormskirk, Lanes. ... 1 —
PrineessChristian'sFarmColony,
Hildenborough, Kent ... 1 8
Dovecot, Knotty Ash, Liverpool — 1
The Home, Everton Terrace,
Liverpool — 1
House of Help, Bath — 2
Prudhoe Hall Colony, Prudhoe-
on-Tyne — 1
Plumstead Institution (Woolwich
Guardians) 12 5
Eagle House Hostel, Mitcham — 11
Royal Earlswood Institution,
Redhill 7 4
Ellen Terry Home, Reigate — 2
St. Teresa's, Lewisham — 11
Besford Court, Worcester 3 —
Girls' Village Homes,
side — 4
Littleton House, Girton 1 —
Total
562 605