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being dealt with by Metropolitan poor law guardians, shows a ratio of 2.14 per
thousand of the population of the County of London as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
as at Midsummer, 1928 (4,502,000).
Employment
of the
London
Association
for Mental
Welfare.
Supervision.
18. Arrangements for the supervision in their own homes of those persons
ascertained to be defective and subject to be dealt with for whom this measure
appears to provide adequate protection or for whom no better means of care can be
furnished, continue to be made through the London Association for Mental Welfare.
Grants made
to the
Association.
19. For the financial year ended ,31st March, 1929, the Council has paid £2,358
bo the Association, for general work undertaken on the Council's behalf (mainly
the supervision of defectives in their own homes), an increase of £30 upon the payment
for the previous year. This was necessary to assist the Association in meeting
normal salary increments of their officers. The payment of £2,358 includes consideration
for services rendered by the Association in furnishing (i) reports upon the
home circumstances of the relatives of defectives required by the Visitors of certified
institutions in which London cases are maintained, to enable the Visitors to perform
their duties under section 11 of the Act of 1913, and (ii) reports as to the progress
of defectives who may be absent in London on licence from certified institutions,
with a view to ultimate discharge.
Friendly
visitation
or after-care,
20. Friendly visitation has again been afforded by the Association in suitable
cases for defective persons resident in London, after discharge from institutions
or guardianship. No payment is made by the Council for this work as the cases
are no longer " subject to be dealt with."
Cases
supervised
21. At 31st December, 1928, the number of cases under statutory supervision
in London was 2,071 (986 males and 1,085 females).
Occupations
of defectives
under supervision.
22. the variety of occupations followed by the defectives under statutory
supervision, on 31st December, 1928, is indicated in the following table:—