[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Rutland County.

  • Rutland County Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Rutland County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACTS 1913 - 1938 , On January 1st 1948, thirty-five defectives were in certified Institutions-?. 17 males and 18 females. Viz: 8 males'were resident ai Stratton Hall.} 3 males at’ Stoke Park Colony; 1 Male at Mountsorrel Institution; : A’...e at Princess Christian’s Colony; male at Stallington Hal..', 1 male at the Peterborough Public'Assistance Institution; ! mil: at the Royal Eastern Counties Institution and 1 male at the State Institution at Ramnton, 10 females'were resident i n the Oakham Pub) i sisfarc-e Institution; 4 at Stretton Halli 1 at the Stapleton 11' Assistance Institution; 1 at Rock Hall House Bath; and 2 femaies at tne St.ate Institution at Rampton. ' Three males and three females are on Licence; 1 of the men is on Licence at StottosJ^n Hall Hostel and 2are'on licence at Hatherlev Court HosW, rrnain is on licence at Hinckley Cottage Hospital; 1 with her parents and another at a private residence at Manton’/' Uniortunate y, in tne latter case, owing to sexual misconduct her employer could not retain her services and she had to be sent back t( the Oakham Public Assistance Institution, / , . Four males and Seven females are under Guardianship, 1 female, whose family had recently come, into Rutland was placed under the guardians} of her parents who lived rent free in a good clean stone-built house, Her actual age is 22 and her mental age that of a child of 8. She could not read or write although she had attended school for 9 years, • • # » I append notes on cases under guardianship :~ 111»A« c/o i.lrs, Cornford, Mill Road, Hailsham, He is generally well behaved. He does a little gardening but requires so much attention that Mrs. Cornford has requested the County Council t raise her fees to £3w3-0d w a week. This man is kept under supervision by the Brighton Guardianship Society who could not suggest any home for him. His relativesobjectod to Stretton Ha Dental treatment was required and has been given. A.V. Is also under the supervision of the Brighton Guardianship Society. Her guardian is Mrs Trower of 75 Barcombe Road, . \ Moulescombe. ihe house is in every way satisfactory and there are two other defectives resident in this house. She shares he] bedroom with another defective, but has a separate bed. ’She is slow and childish and requires supervision as she has frequent epileptic fits. L»S« Is a feeble minded woman who lives with her elderly mother who is her guardian and is in poor health from diabetes and almost blind, lhe home is s stone bungalow and is kept clean. M.S. is able to manage the house and do the shopping. Her teeth have at last been seen to. K.P. Is an imbecile young woman who is under the guardianship of her mother in a good clean council house. She assists her mother an looks after poultry.