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London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 6.
| Institution. | Males. | Females. | Institution. | Males. | Females. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeford Court, Worcester | 6 | — | Royal Earlswood Institution, Redhill | 15 | 7 |
| Bigod's Hall, nr. Dunmow | 1 | — | |||
| Cardiff Poor Law Institution, Ely | — | 1 | Royal Hostel, Elstead | 5 | — |
| Crathorne, Finchley, N. | — | 11 | St. Elizabeth's Home, Muoh Hadham | — | 2 |
| Cumnor Rise Home, Oxford | — | 2 | |||
| Dovecot, Liverpool | — | 1 | St. Joseph's Home, Sudbury | — | 2 |
| Durran Hill House, Carlisle | — | 1 | St. Mary's Home, Alton (and ancillary premises) | — | 23 |
| Eagle House Hostel, Mitcham | — | 5 | |||
| Ellen Terry Home, Reigate | — | 2 | St. Michael's Convent, Streatham | — | 20 |
| Etloe House, Leyton, E. | — | 26 | St. Raphael's, Brentford | — | 11 |
| Girls' Village Home, Barking-side (ancillary premises) | — | 9 | St. Teresa's, Lewisham, S.E. | 19 | |
| Stoke Park Colony, Bristol (and ancillary premises) | 30 | 54 | |||
| Helping Hand Home, Highgate, N. | — | 25 | The Home, Liverpool | — | 1 |
| Hillside. Buntingford | 9 | — | Tubwell Farm, nr. Crowborough | 1 | — |
| House of Help, Bath | — | 2 | Walsham How Home, Walthamstow | — | 19 |
| *Littleton House, Cambridge | 1 | — | |||
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Certified Institution | 628 | 614 | Western Counties' Institution, Starcross | 1 | — |
| Monkton Hall Home, Jarrow-on-Tyne | 2 | — | Whittington Hall, Chesterfield. | — | 5 |
| Pield Heath House, Hillingdon | _ | 6 | Woolwich Poor Law Institution, Plumstead, S.E. | 22 | 9 |
| Pontville, Ormskirk | 1 | — | |||
| Princess Christian's Farm Colony, Hildenborough. | 2 | 8 | Total | 724 | 885 |
| 1,609 | |||||
*See para. 47 post.
44. The class of patient received, and the charges made for maintenance, etc., were as set out in the following Table:— Table 7.
| Institution. | Religion. | Class of defective received. | Charges. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By contract. | Supplemental payments. | |||||||
| Maintenance (a week). | Burials. | Outfits. | Maintenance (a week) | Burials. | Outfits | |||
| Besford Court, Worcestershire | Roman Catholic | Feeble-minded males, high grade | £80 a year | £10 | £10 | £10 a year | — | — |
| Bigod's Hall, nr. Dun-mow, Essex | No restriction | Juvenile males, imbeciles and feeble-minded | 17/6 | £5 | — | — | — | — |
| Cardiff (Ely), Poor Law Institution | No restriction | All grades, adults of both sexes | 20/- | £5 | — | — | — | — |
| Crathorne, Finchley | Protestant | Mothers (feeble-minded or moral defectives) and their children (no child retained over age 7) | 11 /6 | £5 | £3 | 6/- | — | £3 |
| Cumnor Rise Home, Oxford | Church of England | Feeble-minded females from age 14 (epileptics and fallen women not taken) | 12/- | £6 | £5 | 3/- | — | — |
| Dovecot, Knotty Ash, Liverpool | No restriction | High-grade feeble-minded females, from age 16 | £34 a year | £10 | — | £31 a year | — | — |
| Durran Hill House, Carlisle | Ron an Catholic | Feeble-minded adults . | 11/6 | £5 | — | 5/6 | — | — |
For notes see page 35.
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