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In connection with mentally deficient cases, the Medical
Officers made examinations and paid visits to the number of 101
for Statutory cases and 237 for Education cases, a total of 338.
The mental deficiency visitor paid 1,531 visits to Statutory cases
and 700 to Education cases, a total of 2,231.
During the year 37 names have been added to the Statutory
list, 13 being new cases; 24 were referred on from the Education
Authority—14 as ineducable or not further educable, 9 for supervision
on leaving the Special School on attaining the age of 16; and 1
for Institutional care or Guardianship. Three boys and 3 girls died
during the year; three of these deaths occurred in institutions, the
other deaths were of cases: 1 guardianship, and 2 others at home
under supervision; 5 left the Borough, viz., 2 boys and 3 girls.
Four cases chargeable to other Local Authorities are under
supervision in the Borough.
There are 9 children under observation, ages from 1½ to 6 years.
Thirty Statutory cases were dealt with as follows:—
Sent to Certified Institutions 5
Placed under Guardianship 9
Sent to Places of Safety 4
Allowed home on long leave 2
Transferred from one Institution to another 8
Discharged from Order 2
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The number of cases sent to certified institutions shows a
decrease of 5, owing to the difficulty of finding institutions with
vacancies.
Guardianship Cases.
There are 45 cases under Statutory guardianship and 2 on
leave; 25 of these are under the care of relatives, and 20 are with
guardians who are not relations. Eight males and 5 females are
at work. Thirteen cases are out of the Borough: ten under the
Brighton Guardianship Society, one with a guardian in Essex,
one in Suffolk, and another in Maidstone. Six boys and six girls
attend the Occupation Centre at Grangewood.
Sixteen of the Guardianship cases are doing useful work and
fifteen are quite unemployable one lad died, one was removed to
a. mental hospital and one absconded and has not yet been traced.