[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 39

East Ham 1937

[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:—
(a) Children between the ages of 14 and 16 years	—	—	—
Of whom, number, if any, under Voluntary Supervision	_	_	_
(b) All other cases	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	—	—	—