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1929, were 44s. 11d. a week for those having a London settlement and 48s. 5d. a
week for out-county patients, have remained unchanged throughout the year.
108. The charges for " private list " patients, viz., those admitted chargeable
to a parish who, having a settlement in or status of irremovability from a London
parish, have means sufficient to defray the full cost of maintenance (or perhaps a
little more, as a contribution to capital expenses which are not included in cost of
maintenance) have been, at the minimum, the charge current for parish patients and,
at the maximum, 4s. d. a week in excess of that charge.
R. H. CURTIS, A. M. ROBERTS,
Chief Officer. Chairman.
"Private
list" cases.
CHAPTER III.
Twelfth Report of the London County Council to the Board of Control.
(This chapter contains the report in respect of the year ended 31st December, 1929,
which the Council is required to make by No. 28 of the Mental Deficiency Act
Provisional Regulations, 1914.)
Administrative arrangements.
1. The Council's administrative arrangements for the discharge of its duties
under the Mental Deficiency Acts, through the Mental Hospitals Committee,
remain as described in previous reports (see Annual Report for 1915-19, Vol. II.,
p. 29, and 1920, Vol. II., p. 17).
2. During 1929, meetings of the Mental Hospitals Committee and of subcommittees
wholly concerned with work under the Mental Deficiency Acts have been
as follows:—Committee, 14 ; managing sub-committees of certified institutions for
the mentally defective, 62; Mental Deficiency Acts Sub-Committee, 11; Cases
Section, 18.
Staff.
3. The administrative and executive work under the Mental Deficiency Acts
continues to be undertaken in the Mental Hospitals department and the Public Health
department in accordance with the scheme detailed in the first annual report (see
Annual Report for 1914, Vol. II., p. 280). The collection of contributions towards
the Council's expenses of maintaining defectives in institutions, or under guardianship
(and, in some instances, towards the Board of Control's expenses of maintaining
defectives in State institutions for defectives of dangerous or violent propensities)
is undertaken in the department of the Comptroller of the Council, and when it is
necessary to enforce payment of arrears of such contributions, the Solicitor to the
Council takes appropriate action. (For particulars as to collection of contributions
and as to the result of legal proceedings taken to recover payment from persons
liable to contribute, see paragraphs 83 and 84, post.)
4. On 31st December, 1929, the staff authorised for employment in the Mental
Hospitals department entirely upon work connected with the administration of
the Mental Deficiency Acts was:—1 principal assistant (temporary rank); 1 senior
assistant (temporary rank); 2 assistants, first class ; 3 assistants, second class;
6 assistants, general grade; 1 record assistant; 2 enquiry officers (non-pensionable).
In the Public Health department at the same date 3 women inspectors were employed
entirely for the work under the Acts.
Committee
and SubCommittees
Meetings.
Departmental
arrangements.
Staff
employed for
central
administration.