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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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Table: Removed from active list—

Removed from active list—

Discharged from institutional care300
Removed to a mental hospital under Lunacy Acts215
Removed to a State institution (violent or dangerous cases)57
Dealt with through the poor law652
Ascertained not subject for action2,298
Died662
—4,184
Total9,465

Table: (b) Summary of action taken during the year 1928:—

(b) Summary of action taken during the year 1928:—

Placed in institutions provided by the Council139
Placed in institutions under contract182
Placed under guardianship5
Placed in places of safety until the presentation of a petition for an order66
Placed under statutory supervision407
Discharged from institutional care41
Removed to a mental hospital20
Removed to a State institution7
Dealt with through the poor law67
Ascertained not subject for action236
Died101

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Financial
statement.
Financial statement.
93. No. 28 of the Regulations provides also for the submission of financial
statements for the year ending 31st March. Such a statement (prepared by the
Comptroller of the Council) showing the cost to the Council of the administration
of the Mental Deficiency Acts, from 1st April, 1928, until 31st March, 1929, forms
Appendix I., and particulars of the Council's expenditure on the maintenance of
defectives in its own institutions are given in Appendix II.