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London County Council 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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41. Payments as follow are made by the Council in respect of cases under
guardianship:—
Charges made
for maintenance,
etc.
Table 4.
| To | At the rate of |
|---|---|
| Guardianship Society, Brighton | £1 1s. a head a week, made up as follows:— Maintenance, 17s. 6d.; medical attention, 3s.; clothing, 6d. In addition, supervision, 50s. a head a year. |
| Central Association for Mental Welfare | Not exceeding 20s. a head a week for males and 15s. a week for females. In addition, medical examination and treatment, 15s. a head a year; supervision, £5 a head a year; upkeep of outfit, £5 a head a year. |
| Parents, near relatives or friends | Not exceeding 15s. a head a week (in one case, payment is being made at the rate of 21s. a week). |
| Other small institutional homes in or near London | From 14s. to 42s. a head a week. |
Provision of care in institutions.
(a) Accommodation under contract.
42. During the year 1928 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 (5) shows
the number of cases for which accommodation was being provided thus at the end
of 1928:-
Accommodation
in institutions
under
contract.
Table 5.
| Institution. | Males. | Females. | Institution. | Males. | Fe- males. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besford Court, Worcester | 3 | - | Royal Earlswood Institution, Redhill | 11 | 7 |
| Bigod's Hall, nr. Dunmow | 1 | - | |||
| Cardiff Poor Law Institution, Eh | - | 1 | St. Elizabeth's Home, Much Hadham | - | 2 |
| Crathorne, Finchley, N. | — | 9 | |||
| Cumnor Rise Home, Oxford | — | 2 | St. Joseph's Home, Sudbury | - | 3 |
| Dovecot, Liverpool | — | 1 | St. Mary's Home, Alton (and ancillary premises) | - | 22 |
| Durran Hill House, Carlisle | — | 1 | |||
| Eagle House Hostel, Mitcham | — | 8 | St. Michael's Convent, Streat-ham | -_ | 20 |
| Ellen Terry Home, Reigate | — | 2 | |||
| Etloe House, Leyton, E. | — | 25 | St. Raphael's, Brentford | - | 7 |
| Girls' Village Home, Barking side | - | 8 | St. Teresa's, Lewisham, S.E. ... | - | 14 |
| Stoke Park Colony, Bristol (and ancillary premises) | 32 | 53 | |||
| Helping Hand Home, Highgate N | - | 19 | |||
| The Home, Liverpool | — | 1 | |||
| Hillside, Buntingford | 7 | — | Tubwell Farm, or. Crowborough | 1 | — |
| House of Help, Bath | — | 2 | Walsham How Home, Waltham-stow | - | 20 |
| Littleton House, Cambridge | 1 | ||||
| London Lock Hospital | — | 3 | Western Counties' Institution, Starcross | 1 | - |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Certified Institution | 603 | 543 | |||
| Whittington Hall, Chesterfield | — | 6 | |||
| Monkton Hall Home, Jarrow-on-Tyne | 1 | - | Woolwich Poor Law Institution, Plumstead, S.E. | 24 | 8 |
| Pield Heath House, Hillingdon | — | 4 | Total | 687 | 799 |
| Pontville, Ormskirk | 1 | — | |||
| Princess Christian's Farm Colony, Hildenborough | 1 | 8 | |||
| 1,486 | |||||