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London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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2 ; Dutch, 14; Egyptian, 2; Finnish, 2; French, 49; German, 74; Greek, 4,
Hungarian, 5; Italian, 57; Japanese, 1; Latvian, 3; Lithuanian, 6; Norwegian;
4; Persian, 1; Polish, 78; Portuguese, 1; Roumanian, 8; Russian, 253; Serbian,
1; Spanish, 6; Swedish, 5 ; Swiss, 21 ; Syrian, 1 ; Turkish, 4 ; Unknown, 2.
Mental
After Care
Association.
The Menial After-Care Association.
47. This Association has continued to give valuable assistance in connection
with patients discharged or allowed to be absent on trial.
48. The arrangement whereby a payment of two shillings and sixpence is
made to the Association in respect of each patient dealt with by the Association on
the grant of leave of absence on trial under section 55 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, and
for services rendered by the Association in connection with applications made for the
discharge of patients under section 79 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, has been continued.
49. During 1929-30 the following cases were helped by the Association in the manner indicated :—
| Banstead | 165 | 19 | 15 | 8 |
| BexJey | 112 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| Cane Hill | 95 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Claybury | 115 | 24 | 13 | 9 |
| Colney Hatch | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Hanwell. | 122 | 16 | 9 | 15 |
| Horton | 82 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
| Long Grove | 87 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| West Park | 212 | 27 | 23 | 11 |
| Maudsley | — | 28 | 7 | — |
| Ewell Colony | 40 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Totals | 1,044 | 181 | 121 | 76 |
(Jueen
Adelaide's
Fund.
Queen Adelaide's Fund.
The number of cases in which grants were made at each of the London County mental hospitals during the year ended 31st March, 1930, and the amounts were as follows:—
| No. of patients receiving grants. | Total amount of grants. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||||
| £ 8. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| Banstead | 14 | 18 | 32 | 39 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 0 |
| Bexley | 21 | 30 | 51 | 43 10 | 0 | 128 | 6 | 2 | 171 | 16 | 2 |
| Cane Hill | 9 | 8 | 17 | 24 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 15 | 0 |
| Claybury | 11 | 15 | 26 | 28 10 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 4 | 6 |
| Colney Hatch | 9 | 4 | 13 | 26 15 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 19 | 6 |
| Ewell Colony | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 |
| Hanwell | 19 | 10 | 29 | 52 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0 |
| Horton | — | 17 | 17 | — | 55 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Long Grove | 17 | 9 | 26 | 48 16 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 6 |
| West Park | 13 | 17 | 30 | 39 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 134 | 249 | 308 13 | 0 | 449 | 1 | 8 | 757 | 14 | 8 |
Though the majority of the grants were made at the date of the patients' discharge,
a small number were made to ex-patients after they had left the hospital.