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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

London County Council 1958

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

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19571958
Placed in hostels without order1017
Placed in places of safety3—
Placed under statutory supervision (including licence cases)714764
Placed under voluntary supervision313398
Discharged—
from institutions300325
from guardianship1851
-318-376
Removed to mental hospitals155
Withdrawn from supervision4691,073
Withdrawn from voluntary supervision148431
Removed from London7073
Died170137
No action2240
Cases still awaiting institution care149180
Cases dealt with by way of short term care—
In Mental Deficiency hospitals176227
In approved homes and private homes6875
-244-302

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Occupation
centres

Table: The accommodation available at the Council's occupation and training centres for the mentally defective at the end of December, 1958, was as follows:

The accommodation available at the Council's occupation and training centres for the mentally defective at the end of December, 1958, was as follows:

Centres for childrenAccommodationCentres for elder girlsAccommodation
Bethnal Green90Brockley60
Clifton60Clapton60
Finsbury45Earlsfield60
Fulham75Greenwich35
Greenwich60Islington40
Herne Hill60Centres for elder boys
North Kensington (including a class of elder girls)80Archway40
Balham60
Peckham45Dalston60
Shoreditch80Hammersmith35
Wandsworth90Peckham60
Industrial training centre (elder boys)
Stepney20
Total1,215