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(b) APPOINTMENT OF VISITORS OF LICENSED HOUSES, &c.
5.—Under the provisions of see. 40 of the Act of 1913 the persons
appointed under the Lunacy Acts, 1890—1911 to act as Visitors of
Licensed Houses, with the addition of one or more women appointed
in like manner as such Visitors, are the Visitors of Institutions for
defectives under the Mental Deficiency Act. The following persons
have been appointed by the Justices:—
Thomas Betteridge, J.P.
Henry Keatley Moore, J.P.
Charles Hussey, J.P.
Robert Veitch Clark, M.B.
Miss Rosa Mary Drew.
Miss Christabel Mennell.
The Clerk of the Peace for the Borough has been appointed Clerk to
the said Visitors.
(c) APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
6.—The Standing Orders provide that the Town Clerk for the time
being shall be the Clerk to the Committee, and further provide that
all such other Officers as shall be necessary for the purposes of the Act
and for the conduct of the business of the Committee shall be appointed
by the Council on the recommendation of the Committee.
7.—On the 25th May, 1914, on the recommendation of the Committee,
the Council appointed Dr. R. Veiteh Clark, the Medical Officer
for the Borough, as Medical Officer to the Committee, to hold office
during the pleasure of the Council, and resolved that he be an approved
Medical Practitioner for the purpose of signing certificates under
section 3 of the Act, under which section defectives are dealt with at
the instance of a parent or guardian.
8.—On the 29th March, 1915, on the recommendation of the Committee,
the Council resolved that £100 per annum of the Town Clerk's
salary and £100 of the Medical Officer's salary be apportioned in respect
of their duties under the Mental Deficiency Act.
(d) SOURCES OF INFORMATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF
MENTALLY DEFICIENT PERSONS.
9.—Information as to the existence of alleged mentally deficient
persons has been obtained throughout the year from many sources,
principally from the School Medical Inspectors, Health Visitors, Sanitary
Inspectors, School Attendance Officers, and private individuals
interested in the defectives. Four cases of persons brought before the
Borough Justices have been referred to the Medical Officer.
(e) REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
10.—During the first year of the existence of the Committee a very
large number of people have been examined for alleged mental
deficiency The following is a summary of all people examined in whom
such deficiency was found to exist. It will be observed that the