[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following statement shows the. numbers accom- modated in the various Institutions at the end of 1942. At Dovenby Hall Colony .. . . . . . . 305 At Milnthorpe Institution .. .. .. .. 68 At the Royal Albert Institution . . .. .. 20 At Rampton State Institution and Annexes .. 17 At Durran Hill House . . . . .. . . 10 At Other Institutions .. . . .. .. .. 33 Guardianship. At the end of 1942 there were 9S patients under guardianship orders (including patients on licence there- from) as compared with lUl patients at the beginning of the year. The distribution w'as as follows :— Cumberland . . . . . . . . . . 75 Westmorland . . . . . . . . 23 Carlisle . . . . . . . . , . 6 Statutory Supervision. On the 31st December, 1942, there were 405 cases under statutory supervision as compared with 394 cases a year earlier. The geogra])hical distribution was as follows ;— Cumberland . . . . . . 192 Westmorland . . . . . . . . . . 59 Carlisle . . . . . . . . ..154 Licence. During li)42 there was a slight increase in the number of patients on licence. Owning to war conditions and the consequent shortage of female labour, there was a keen demand for trained patients, and this outstripped the supply. On the w'hole, patients on licence have done well and in the \’ast majority of cases have justilied trial. The movements to and from licence arc show'n in the following statement :— On Licence at 31 '12 ;4 1 . . • . . . . 36 Ketiirned 3 New Licences granted i dnriny 1942 33 . . ,5 Total on Licence at 31 ;I2;42 .. . . 38