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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

Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: II.Education Cases—

II.Education Cases—

Aged 7—16 years119135
Combined Total511564

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Compared with 1930, the Statutory cases show an increase of
37 and the Education cases an increase of 16.

Table: The Statutory cases are distributed as follows:—

The Statutory cases are distributed as follows:—

1930.1931.
In Certified Institutions124120
In Places of Safety or Approved Home36
On Leave from Institutions411
Under Statutory Supervision at Home213218
Under Guardianship and 1 on Leave3637
In Mental Hospitals1212
Cases Under Public Assistance-25

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An unsatisfactory feature of the above figures is the large
number of cases under statutory supervision and the 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 owinff to their increase.

Table: The Education cases were distributed as follows:—

The Education cases were distributed as follows:—

1930.1931.
In Certified Residential Schools69
In Certified Day Schools81101
At Private Schools612
At Council Schools14-
At no school, resident at home1113
In other Institutions1-

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In connection with mentally deficient cases, the Medical
Officers made examinations and paid visits to the number of 112
for Statutory cases and 188 for Education cases, a total of 310.
The mental deficiency visitor paid 1,646 visits to Statutory cases
and 72-5 to Education cases, a total of 2,371.