[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    supervision iii tlieir homos, making a total ol 193 under the control of the Local Authority. In addition to these defectives subject to be dealt with under the Act, there are ascertained by the Local Authority 2 defectives whom they are assisting to maintain in institutions under their [)ermissive powers, and 155 who are under voluntary supervision in their homes. These figures do not include high-grade defective children of school age who are still under the control of the Local Education Authorities. The Countv Council have no institution of their own,, but pay for the maintenance of defectives where it is possible to gain admission for them. This is a verv difficult task owing to the great shortage of accommodation, Cambridge- shire cases being scattered at present among 23 institutions, including approved Poor Law Institutions for those defectives whose age and mental grade render them suitable for reception into that type of institution. The largest number of defectives from this area is received into the Eoyal Eastern Counties’ Institution at Colchester, where the- scheme of extension a])]:)roved by the Council in conjunction with the Essex and West Suffolk Councils will add 34 places to those available for this County. This accommodation is urgently needed, and until the ])rovision is completed the Council can only discharge its statutory responsibilities under conditions of great difficulty. The arrangement continues by which the Cambridgeshire Voluntary Association, in return for an annual grant, assists the Council in its duties in various ways, of which the chief are the statutory supervision of defectives in their homes, the ascertainment of defectives, and notification of those who appear subject to be dealt with under the Mental Deficiency Acts. The County Council’s Enquiiw Officer also acts as Detitioning Officer.