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MENTAL DEFICIENCY.
CONTRACTS.
Contracts for the reception of Croydon defectives have now been
entered into as follows:—
Date,
11th March, 1915
19th March, 1915
7th February, 1916
Party.
Incorporated Lancashire
and Cheshire Society for
the Permanent Care of
the Feeble-minded.
Incorporation of National
Institutions for Persons
Requiring Care and
Control.
Manager of the Etloe House
Certified Institution.
Rate per Patient.
£32 per annum.
*Trainable, 10s. 6d. per
per week.
*Lower mental grade cases,
14s. per week,
11s. 6d per week (not
exceeding 7 females—
Roman Catholics).
(*Increased by 2s. per patient per week from the 1st October, 1915, for 12
months or until such time as cost of maintenance reverts to its normal level).
CASES DEALT WITH.
In Appendix I. are shewn the cases that have been dealt with to
the 31st December last, either by transfer to Certified Institutions
or by placing under Guardianship. Two "criminal" defectives were
sent to Institutions by Orders of the Court, and three defectives
were sent to Institutions and two placed under Guardianship by
Orders upon Petitions presented at the instance of the Council.
In February the Lady Visitor on the Staff who had up till then
been on half-time, was appointed a full-time Visitor for mental
deficiency work.

In addition to the above, at the end of the year a number of
reported cases were awaiting medical examination.