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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XCIX.Number of known Mentally Defective Persons in the Borough—I.Statutory Cases—

Table XCIX.

Number of known Mentally Defective Persons in the Borough—I.Statutory Cases—

1931.1932.
Aged 0—5 years64
„ 5—16 „7383
Over 16 years350351
Total429438
II. Education Cases—
Aged 7—16 years135136
Combined Total564574

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Compared with 1931, the Statutory cases show an increase of
9 and the Education cases an increase of 10.

Table: The Statutory cases are distributed as follows:—

The Statutory cases are distributed as follows:—

1931.1932.
In Certified Institutions120122
In Places of Safety or Approved Home66
On Leave from Institutions1114
Under Statutory Supervision at Home218216
Under Guardianship and on Leave3741
In Mental Hospitals1212
Cases Under Public Assistance2527

Table: The Education cases were distributed as follows:—

The Education cases were distributed as follows:—

1931.1932.
In Certified Residential Schools911
In Certified Day Schools101103
At Private Schools127
At Council Schools—6
At no school, resident at home138
In other Institutions—1

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In connection with mentally deficient cases, the Medical
Officers made examinations and paid visits to the number of 118
for Statutory cases and '217 for Education cases, a total of 335.
The mental deficiency visitor paid 1,538 visits to Statutory cases
and 771 to Education cases, a total of 2,309.