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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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36
Charges
made for
maintenance,
etc.
43. The class of patient received, and the charges made for maintenance, etc.,
were as set out in Table 6:—
Table 6.
| 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 Hal), nr. Dunmow, Essex | No restriction | Juvenile males, imbeciles and feeble-minded | 17/6 | £5 | — | — | - | — |
| Cardiff (Ely), Poor Law Institution | No restriction | All grades, adults of both sexes | 20/- | £5 | — | — | - | - |
| Crathorne, Finchley | Protestant | Mothers (feeble-minded or moral defectives) and their children (no child retained over age 7) | 11 /6 | £5 | £3 | 6/- | — | £3 |
| Cumnor Rise Home, Oxford | Church of England | Feeble-minded females from age 14 (epileptics and fallen women not taken) | 12/- | £5 | £5 | 3/- | - | - |
| Dovecot, Knotty Ash, Liverpool | No restriction | High-grade feeble-minded females, from age 16 | £34 a year | £10 | — | £31 a year | — | — |
| Dungates, Horeham Road, Sussex | No restriction | Feeble-minded males | 21/- | Not to exceed the Poor Law rate for the district | £5 | - | - | - |
| Durran Hill House, Carlisle | Ron an Catholic | Feeble-minded adults | 11/6 | £5 | — | 5/6 | — | — |
| Eagle House Hostel, Mitcham | No restriction. | Feeble-minded women of high grade | 20/-(a) | £5 | £5 | - | - | £7 (for patients entering domestic service |
| Ellen Terry National Home for Blind Defective Children, Reigate | No restriction | Imbecile and feebleminded blind children up to age 12 | £90 a year | £5 | £5 | - | - | - |
| Etloe House, Leyton | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded females from age 16 | 11/6 | £6 | £6 | 5/6 | — | — |
| 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, preferablyfrom age 16 | 17/6 | £6 | £8 and allowances for upkeep | - | - | - |
| Hillside, Buntingford, Herts | Roman Catholic | Educable males | 11/6 | £7 | — | 7/- | — | — |
| House of Help, Bath | Church of England | Feeble-minded females | 12/6 | £5/5/- | £3 | 4/- | £2/15/- | £2 |
| Littleton House, Cambridge | No restriction | Feeble-minded males | £72/16s. a year | £5/10/- | £8 | — | — | - |
| For notes see page 38. | ||||||||