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London County Council 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Cause of Death. | MALE. | FEMALE. | Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision. | Institutional Care. | Supervision. | Institutional Care. | ||||||||||
| Feebleminded. | Imbecile. | Idiot. | Feebleminded. | Imbecile. | Idiot. | Feebleminded. | Imbecile. | Idiot. | Feebleminded. | Imbecile. | Idiot | ||
| Congenital brain disease | — | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Hæmorrhage | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Chronic parenchymatous nephritis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Kidney disease | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | — | 2 | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Meningitis | 2 | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | - | — | 5 |
| Epilepsy | — | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Heart disease | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Bulbar paralysis and idiocy | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peritonitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paralysis of the throat | — | — | - | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Causes not known | — | 3 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 101 |
Statistics
of cases
dealt with.
Statistics.
92. In the absence of any directions by the Board of Control as to the form
in which statistics required by No. 28 of the Mental Deficiency Act Provisional
Regulations, 1914, shall be submitted, the Council submits the following tables,
which continue, for the year ended 31st December, 1928, the information tabulated
on p. 44 of the last Annual Report (Vol. II.):—
Table 13.
Sources from which information has been received of cases of alleged mental defect.
| Period. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Source of information. | From 1st Apr.,1914, to 31st. Dec.,1928. | During 1928 only. |
| London Association for Mental Welfare | 1,046 | 101 |
| Local education authority | 4,530 | 351 |
| Poor law authority | 469 | 36 |
| Police authority (Section 8) | 907 | 88 |
| Transfers from prisons (Section 9) | 158 | 8 |
| Transfers from industrial schools (Section 9) | 383 | 15 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,972 | 154 |
| Total number of cases of which information was received | 9,465 | 753 |
Action taken on above cases.
(a) Position at 31st December, 1928, with regard to the 9,465 cases referred to in the first
column of the preceding table—
Detained—
In institutions provided by the Council 1,471
In institutions under contract 1,486
Under guardianship 57
In places of safety awaiting the presentation of a petition for an
order 30
Total number of cases detained 3,044
Under statutory supervision 2,071
Still under consideration 166
Total remaining on the active list 5,281