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Compared with 1939, the Statutory cases show an increase of
25 and the Education cases an increase of four.
The Statutory cases are distributed as follows:—
1929. 1930.
In Certified Institutions 94 124
In Places of Safety or Approved
Home 6 3
On Leave from Institutions 10 4
Under Statutory Supervision at
Home 202 213
Under Guardianship 30 36
In Mental Hospitals 15 12
In Poor Law Institutions 10 -
An unsatisfactory feature of the above figures is the large
number of cases under statutory supervision and the increasing
number having to be placed under guardianship, brought about
by the great difficulty in obtaining institutional accommodation.
This is made more acute each year as more and more institutions
which formerly took in a limited number of cases from outside
authorities, are reserving all their accommodation for their own
cases. The task of supervising the guardianship cases adequately
is becoming more and more difficult owing to their increase.
The Education cases were distributed as follows:—
1929. 1930.
In Certified Residential Schools 6 6
In Certified Day Schools 80 81
At Private Schools 20 6
At Council Schools 14
At no school, resident at home 8 11
In other Institutions 1 1
Three school children were certified as not further educable
and were drafted into the Occupation Centre. Three boys and one
girl have been released from school to take up work during the
year.
In connection with mentally deficient cases, the Medical
Officers made examinations and paid visits to the number of 92
for Statutory cases and 187 for Education cases, a total of 279.
The mental deficiency visitor paid 1,615 visits to Statutory cases
and 656 to Education cases, a total of 2,271.
During the year 47 names have been added to the Statutory
list, 11 being new cases; 12 were referred on from the Education
Authority for supervision on leaving the Special School on