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London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Action taken on above cases.
| (a) Position at 31st December, 1929. with regard to the 10,239 cases referred to in the first column of the preceding table— | ||
| Detained— | ||
| In institutions provided by the Council— | ||
| The Manor | 1,232* | |
| Farmfield | 175* | |
| Brunswick House | 87* | |
| South Side Home | 87* | |
| In institutions under contract | 1,608* | |
| Under guardianship | 74 | |
| In places of safety awaiting the presentation of a petition for an order | 19 | |
| Total number of cases detained | 3,282 | |
| Under statutory supervision | 2,276 | |
| Still under consideration | 135 | |
| Total remaining on the active list | 5,693 | |
| Removed from active list— | ||
| Discharged from institutional care | 336 | |
| Removed to a mental hospital under Lunacy Acts | 242 | |
| Removed to a State institution (violent or dangerous cases) | 60 | |
| Dealt with through the poor law | 690 | |
| Ascertained not subject for action | 2,486 | |
| Died | 732 | |
| 4,546 | ||
| Total | 10,239 | |
| (6) Summary of action taken during the year 1929:— | ||
| Placed in institutions provided by the Council:— | ||
| The Manor | 64 | |
| Farmfield | 69 | |
| Brunswick House | 17 | |
| South Side Home | 2 | |
| Placed in institutions under contract | 152 | |
| Placed under guardianship | 19 | |
| Placed in places of safety until the presentation of a petition for an order | 58 | |
| Placed under statutory supervision | 485 | |
| Discharged from institutional care | 43 | |
| Removed to a mental hospital | 30 | |
| Removed to a State institution | 4 | |
| Dealt with through the poor law | 69 | |
| Ascertained not subject for action | 270 | |
| Died | 70 | |
* These included a number of cases absent on licence, whose names remained on the books of the institutions, and
who were liable to be recalled should they prove to be unsatisfactory.
Financial statement.
94. 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, 1929, until 31st March, 1930, forms
Appendix I., and particulars of the Council's expenditure on the maintenance of
defectives in its own institutions are given in Appendix II.
Financial
statement,