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London County Council 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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15. At 1st January, 1927, the contracts in force were as follows:—
Contracts,
Table 4.
| Mental hospital. | Number contracted for. | Charge a head a week provided for in the original contract. | Charge a head a week from 1st January. 1927. | Date of commencement. | Full term of contract. | Date of expiry. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | M. | F. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | 1st july 1823. | Years. | |
| City of London | 35 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1st July, 1923 | 5 | 30th June, 1928 (or earlier by six months' notice). |
| Hants County | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15th April, 1926 | 5 | 14th April, 1931 (or earlier by three months' notice during last four years). |
| Ipswich Borough | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 22nd June, 1926 | 5 | 21st June, 1931 (or earlier by three months' notice during last four years). |
| Leicester City | - | 115 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 16th July, 1924 | 5 | 15th July, 1929 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Monmouth County | - | 90 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8½ | 8th January, 1924 | 3 | *7th January, 1927 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Oxford County | - | 20 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3rd September, 1923 | 5 | 2nd September, 1928 (or earlier by three months' notice during last four years). |
| Three Counties | 50 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11th April, 1926 | 2 | 10th April, 1928 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Yorks, East Riding | - | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6th February, 1926 | 3 | 5th February, 1929 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
| Yorks, West Riding | - | 50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 29th December, 1925 | 2 | 28th December, 1927 (or earlier by three months' notice). |
*This contract has been renewed for three years for reception of 70 female patients at a charge of £1 2s. 8½d. a week.
16. The following table shews the total number of lunatics for whom the
Council has been responsible to find accommodation on 1st January, in certain years
since 1890*:—
Number of
patients to be
provided for.
Table 5.
| Date. | Parish and county patients. | Chargeable to Prison Commissioners. | Patients on private list, etc., and private patients at Horton. | Total. | Increase. | Decrease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st January— | ||||||
| 1890 | 10,100 | 4 | - | 10,104 | - | — |
| 1900 | 15,061 | 17 | 107 | 15,185 | 5.081(a) | - |
| 1910 | 19,288 | 39 | 587 | 19,914 | 4,729(a) | — |
| 1920 | 16,243 | 7 | 1,046 | 17,296 | - | 2,618(b) |
| 1921 | 16,557 | 40 | 1,219 | 17,816 | 520 | — |
| 1922 | 17,085 | 36 | 1,228 | 18,349 | 533 | — |
| 1923 | 17,343 | 15 | 1,142 | 18,500 | 151 | — |
| 1924 | 17,725 | 10 | 1,183 | 18,918 | 418 | - |
| 1925 | 17,653 | 10 | 1,397 | 19,060 | 142 | — |
| 1926 | 17,876 | 13 | 1,419 | 19,308 | 248 | — |
| 1927 | 18,418 | 11 | 1,378 | 19,807 | 499 | — |
(a) In each year of these decennia there was an increase. The average yearly increase was, from 1890 to 1900,
508, and from 1900 to 1910, 473.
(b) During the first 5 years of this decennium there was an average annual increase of 162, the next four years
(1916-1919) showed decreases averaging 1,078 a year, the last year (1920) showed an increase of 70.
Patients —
increase in
numbers.
17. The increased number of patients for whom the Council on 1st January,
1927, was responsible to find accommodation was 499. The number of additional
rate-aided patients was 542, but there was a diminution of 41 in the number of private
patients, and a decrease of 2 in the number of patients chargeable to Prison Commissioners.
In considering table No. 5, reference should be made to tables Nos. 9 to
12 inclusive, and to the corresponding tables in the annual report for 1925. It
* The figures for each year up to 1915 will be found in the Annual Report for 1915-1919
(Vol. II., p. 15) and for 1916-1919 in the Annual Report for 1921 (Vol. II., p. 6).
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