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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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30
Charges
made for
maintenance
29. The class of patient received and the charges1 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. | |||
| Besford Court, Worcestershire | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded males, high grade | £80 a year | £10 | £10 | £10 a year | — | — |
| Bigod's Hall, Dun-mow, Essex | Roman Catholic | Males (imbeciles and feeble-minded) up to age of 16 | 11/6 | £5 | — | 6/- | — | — |
| Crathorne, Finchley. | 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 |
| Cumnor Rise Home, Oxford | Church of England | Feeble-minded females from 14 years (epileptics and fallen women not taken) | 12/- | £5 | £5 | 4/- | - | - |
| Dovecot, Knotty Ash, Liverpool | No restriction | High-grade feeble-minded females, from 16 years | £34 a year | £4 | — | £31 a year | £6 | - |
| Durran Hill House, Carlisle | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females aged 16 and over (criminals and fallen women not accepted) | 11/6 | £5 | 5/- | - | - | |
| Eagle House Hostel, Mitcham | No restriction. | Feeble-minded women of high grade | 20/-(a) | £5 | £5 | Temp. reduction 1/- | - | £7 (for those enter- domes- t ic service) |
| Royal Earlswood Institution, Redhill | No restriction. | All grades, both sexes | Not exceeding £63 a year. | N eces-sary expenses. | £5 | |||
| Ellen Terry National Home for Blind Defective Children, Reigate | No restriction | Imbecile and feebleminded blind children up to age of 12 years | £90 a year | £5 | £5 | — | — | — |
| Etloe House, Leyton | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females from 16 years of age | 11/6 | £6 | £6 | 5/6 | - | - |
| Girls' Training Homes Clapton | Protestant | Feeble-minded females (trainable) from 8 years upwards | 11/6 | £6 | £5 | 6/- | — | £2 |
| Girls' Village Home. Barkingside (Dr. Barnardo's Homes) | No restriction | Feeble-minded and imbecile girls | 14/- | £10 | — | — | — | — |
| Helping Hand Home, Cathcart Hill, N. | No restriction | Feeble-minded females, preferably from 16 years | 11/6 | £3 | £4 and allowances for upkeep | 6/- | - | £4 and allowances for upkeep |
| House of Help, Bath. | Church of England | Feeble-minded females | 12 /6 | £5/5/- | £3 | 4/- | — | £2 |
* 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.
(a) Less earnings of patients which are pooled and refunded proportionally to local authorities.