[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All cases which had to be dealt with “by Order” up to 31st December, 1937, may be classified according to the reasons for taking action as follows :— Representation by parent of inadequacy of home care and training . . Found neglected In Special Schools but requiring care beyond the age of 16 Found without visible means of support . . Undergoing imprisonment or found guilty of a criminal offence Over the age of 7 and notified by the L.E.A. as uneducable . . In a Public Assistance Institution at the time of giving birth to an illegitimate child In a Mental Hospital but suitable for transfer . . 62 52 38 36 23 18 14 4 247 * Placed in Certified Institutions by parents .. .. .. .. .. . . 2 249 * Responsibility transferred from P.A. Committee. Institutions accommodating Salop Patients. Moral Name of Address. Total No. of Patients. Defec- Provision made. Institution. F.M. Imb. Idiot tive. M F M F M F M F M F Ashton House . . Birkenhead 6 6 a, b, j, r, s. Brentry Colony • • Nr. Bristol 2 • • 2 a, c, d, g, i, j, u, p, k, n, s. Caersws Poor Law Church Stretton Poor • • Montgomeryshire 16 9 • • 2 15 5 1 2 • • 4 • e, j, s. Law « • Salop * . 5 • • 4 1 l}^ C) 09 J9 Q9 S« Coed-du-Hall , , Flintshire • 4 1 1 019 C9 ]p9 S* Forden Poor Law • • Montgom ery shire 10 19 4 13 5 4 1 2 • 4 • 4 a, c, d, e, j, m, s. Girls’ Village Home • • Essex • • 1 • • 1 b, j, p, s. Hortham Colony Nr. Bristol 3 2 3 2 a, b, c, d, e, g, i, j, k, 1, 0, p, s. Howbeck House • • West Hartlepool • • 2 • • 2 b, j, 1, s. Madeley Poor Law • 4 Salop 11 17 7 16 4 1 a, b, c, d» e» i, j, 1, n, s. Midland Counties • . Nr. Birmingham 20 • . 13 • • 7 Cj g> ks jj Uy s. Moss Side • • Nr. Liverpool . . 2 1 2 1 (State Institution). Mount Tabor Princess Christian’s Hampshire • • 11 • • 7 • • 4 b, c, d, k, m, r, s. Farm Colony . . • • Kent 1 1 • • 4 • 1 1 iy jy S. Rampton • • Notts 3 6 1 4 • 4 2 4 * 4 4 2 4 « (State Institution). St. Catherine’s Home * , Durham • • 1 • • 1 ay by c, j, k, m, n, 0, r, s. St. Mary’s Home Sandlebridge (Mary Hants. . . 4 4 a, by Cy 3, k, n, 0, r, s. Dendy Home) • • Cheshire 23 18 22 18 1 by Cy f, g, 3, 1, P, q, s. Seafield House . . • • Nr. Liverpool . . • • 3 • • 2 • 4 1 C, jy ky ly 0, P, 1, S, t, U. Stoke Park Colony • . Nr. Bristol 7 9 3 7 3 2 1 by Cy 3» ky Oy Py Qy S. The Home Worcester Municipal Liverpool 1 • • 1 a, by Cy d, Cy f, gy j, k, ly my U. Home 4 , Worcester 5 • • 4 1 4 4 Whittington Hall • • Chesterfield • • 8 • • 6 2 Cy dy 3» ky Oy Py Qy S. Total No. of Patients in Institutions or on licence • ■ 103 125 61 98 36 21 3 4 3 2 Provision made. a = Laundry Work; b== House or Domestic Work; c = Handicrafts (raffia, brush-making, chair-caning, mat-making, rug-making, sewing, crotchet work, needlework, embroidery, carpentry); d = Garden Work ; e = WardWork; { = Cooking or Kitchen Work ; g = Shoe Repairing ; h^Tailoring ; i = FarmWork; j=Walks and Games ; k = Physical Exercises ; l = Cinema Shows ; m = Fortnight’s Holiday annually ; ii = Wireless and Gramophone Entertainments ; o = Dances, etc. ; p —Guide or Scout Troop ; q^Band ; r —Pocket money given ; S = Regular Religious Instruction ; t = Poultry-keeping ; u = Painting.