Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Under 16 years of age | 1 | — | 1 |
| Aged 16 years and over | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. Under Statutory Supervision | 75 | 83 | 158 |
| Of whom:— | |||
| Awaiting removal to an Institution | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4. Action not yet taken under any one of the above | |||
| headings:— | |||
| (a) Notified by Local Education Authorities (Sec. 2 (2)) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| (b) Mental Defectives in receipt of Poor Relief:— | |||
| (1) Institutional— | |||
| (a) In Public Assistance Institutions and Municipal General Hospitals not approved under Sec. 37 | |||
| (b) In Institutions certified under the M.D. Acts (including those approved under Sec. 37):- | — | — | — |
| (1) Cases "placed" under Sec. 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
| (2) Other Cases | — | — | — |
| (2) Domiciliary | — | 5 | 5 |
| (c) Otherwise "ascertained" | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| B.—Number of mental defectives not at present "subject to be dealt with" but for whom the Local Authority may subsequently become liable:— | |||
| 1. In Institutions or under Guardianship—dealt with under Sec. 3:— | |||
| (a) In regard to whom the Local Authority contributes under its permissive powers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (b) Maintained wholly by parents, relatives or others | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2. Reported to the Local Authority from any reliable source and recognised by them as mentally defective but as to whom no action under the Mental Deficiency Acts has been taken:— | |||
| — | — | — | |
| Of whom, number, if any, under Voluntary Supervision | _ | _ | _ |
| 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| Of whom, number, if any, under Voluntary Supervision | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| Number of above Cases on the Registers of Occupation and Industrial Centres:— | |||
| Under Statutory Supervision | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| Under Voluntary Supervision | — | — | — |
| On Licence from Institutions | — | — | — |
| Under Guardianship | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| On Licence from Guardianship | — | — | — |