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(a) Less earnings of patients which are pooled and refunded proportionately to local authorities.
(b) Charges in respect of each infant born in the institution of a defective if pregnant at time of
admission.
London Lock
Hospital.
Monkton
Hall Home.
St. Raphael's.
The "Royal"
Hostel.
Tubwell
Farm and
Dungates.
Cardiff Poor
Law institution.
44. Seven institutions, viz., the London Lock Hospital, Monkton Hall, St.
Raphael's, Royal, Tubwell, Dungates and Cardiff (Ely), appear for the first time in
the foregoing table, contracts having been entered into during 1928 with the
managers of these institutions for the reception and maintenance there, at the
Council's expense, of suitable cases, as accommodation may be available. The
London Lock Hospital is primarily an institution for the treatment of persons suffering
from venereal disease, but it is certified by the Board of Control to accommodate
7 female defectives. Monkton Hall Home for Lads, Jarrow-on-Tyne, which is
managed by the North-Eastern Association for the Care of the Feeble-Minded, is
certified to accommodate 79 male defectives. St. Raphael's, Brentford, is a Roman
Catholic convent, certified to accommodate 60 female defectives. The "Royal"
Hostel, Elstead, was opened in 1928 by the Surrey Voluntary Association for Mental
and Physical Welfare ; it accommodates 26 male adult defectives suitable for training
in outdoor occupations, such as gardening and beekeeping. The Council made a
contribution of £50 towards the initial expenses of the establishment of the hostel,
in consideration of the managers agreeing to reserve at the hostel at least five places
for defectives to be maintained at the Council's expense. Tubwell Farm, near
Crowborough, and Dungates, Horeham Road, Sussex, are managed by the Brighton
Guardianship Society, each institution being certified for the reception of 7 male
defectives. The Cardiff (Ely) poor law institution is approved under section 37 of
the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913. Use was made of this institution, merely because
it was desired to remove an inmate of The Manor, Epsom, nearer to her parents, who
resided in the County of Glamorgan ; further use of the institution probably will
not be made unless in similar circumstances.
Clapton
Training
Homes.
45. On account of the expiration of the lease and of failure to obtain new
premises, the Girls' Training Homes, Clapton, closed on 30th September, 1928.
The six London patients maintained there were transferred, four to The Manor,
Epsom, and two to the Eagle House Hostel. Mitcham.
Visitation of
institutions.
46. During 1928, 23 of the institutions named in table 6 (par. 43) were visited
by members of the Mental Hospitals Committee on behalf of the Council, and the
patients who were being maintained there at the Council's expense were seen. In
each instance satisfactory renorts were made bv the visitors.
New cases
sent to institutions
under
contract.
47. During the year the accommodation available under contract, except that
in the Metropolitan Asylums Board's institutions, provided little opportunity for
the reception of new cases. 141 such cases were, however, sent to the institutions
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.