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London County Council 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Placed in hostels without order10
Placed in places of safety143
Placed under statutory supervision (including licence cases)748714
Placed under voluntary supervision308313
Discharged—
from institutions393300
from guardianship1418
-407-318
Removed to mental hospitals2015
Withdrawn from supervision408469
Withdrawn from voluntary supervision169148
Removed from London7570
Died153170
Cases still awaiting institution care186149
Cases dealt with by way of short term care—In Mental Deficiency hospitals128176
In approved homes and private homes3768
-165-244

Occupation
centres

The accommodation available at the Council's occupation and training centres for the mentally defective at the end of December, 1957, was as follows :

Centres for childrenAccommodationCentres for elder girlsAccommodation
Bethnal Green90Brockley60
Clifton60Clapton60
Finsbury75Earlsfield60
Fulham75Greenwich35
Greenwich60Islington40
Herne Hill60Centres for elder boys Archway40
North Kensington (including a class of elder girls)70
Balham60
Peckham45Dalston50
Wandsworth90Hammersmith35
Peckham60
Industrial training centre (elder boys) Stepney20
Total1,145

Articles made in the occupation centres realised the following amounts :

££
Junior centres701,259
Elder girls' centres181
Elder boys' centres982
Stepney I.T. centre :
(a) sales26
(b) value of orders executed for Supplies Department718
Total£1,977