[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1919
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MENTAL DEFICIENCY. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS. The work of dealing with cases of mental deficiency in the Borough in accordance with the provisions of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, is carried out under the Mental ])eficien(;y Committee, with the Town Clerk as clerk to the committee. Mentally defective children between the ages of 7 and IG are dealt with by the Education Committee under the Elementary Education (Defective and Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914. At the end of 1919 the medical staff engaged on the work of ascertainment of cases, certification, etc., consisted of the Medical Officer of Health, with Drs. Anderson and Smythe as Deputy Medical Officers; and six nurses gave part time to home visiting. CASES DEALT WITH UNDER MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT, 1913. During the year 12 new cases were reported ; bringing the total number of cases dealt with under the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, since that Act came into force, to 114. 9 cases were sent to institutions under judicial orders; 1 case was admitted to nsttiution as an “ election ” patient; 1 case was placed under guardianship by judicial order ; 4 cases were placed under supervision pending institutional vacancy arising; 5 cases were placed under home supervision; 1 case was admitted to the workhouse as a poor law case. 5 cases died during the year. 333 visits were paid to the homes of mental defectives by the health nurses. * CASES DEALT WITH UNDER THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN) ACTS, 1899 and 1914. Reference to this subject will be found in the school medicnl inspection section of this report (page 11).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927138_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
