[Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During the financial year 1932-33, a total of £1,488 3s. 5d. was received for the treatment of infectious disease, being £1,101 8s. 9d. from outside authorities and £386 14s. 8d. from City patients. SMALL POX HOSPITAL. By agreement with the County Council it has been arranged that any Smallpox cases arising shall be treated at the County Council’s Smallpox Hospital at Upton Pyne. MENTAL DEFECTIVES. The educable mentally defective children under the age of 16 are under the supervision of the Education Committee; the other mental defectives are supervised by a Statutory Committee appointed by the City Council, composed partly by members of the Council and partly by co-opted Members. The number placed on the Register since the passing of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, is 248. Of these, 38 have died, 26 left the City, 12 have been transferred to the Mental Hospital, and 1 certified under the Lunacy Acts, leaving 171 at present on the Register. These are placed as follows: — In Certified Institutions 69 In Non-Certified Institutions 4 Three are under Statutory Guardianship and the remain- ing 95 are well cared for in their own homes and visited from time to time by my staff in order to ascertain if these satisfactory conditions are maintained. The totaj expenditure Tor the financial year 1932-33 was £4,458 10s. Id., the bulk of which is for maintenance of patients in institutions, the amount being £3,315 11s. 6d. There is, at present, an insuperable difficulty in obtaining suitable accommodation for multiple defectives and certain other classes of defectives. Negotiations are proceeding