Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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During 1934 sixty Statutory cases were dealt with as follows,
viz.:—
Sent to Certified Institutions 14
Sent to an Approved Home 1
Placed under Guardianship 6
Leave granted—
(а) to care of parents 2
(б) to other Institutions 12
14
Sent to a place of Safety 2
Sent to Croydon Mental Hospital 2
Varying Orders—
(a) Change of Guardian 6
(b) From one Institution to
another 8
14
Orders Closed 7
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The number of cases sent to Certified Institutions shows an
increase of ten.
Guardianship Gases.
There are 46 cases under Statutory guardianship 24 of these
under the care of relatives, and 22 with guardians who are not
relations. 7 males and 6 females are at work; 18 cases are out
of the Borough; 13 under the Brighton Guardianship Society, one
with a Guardian in Essex, one in Suffolk, one in Maidstone, one
in Godalming and one in Streatham. Five boys and five girls
attend the Occupation Centre at Grangewood; 19 of the guardianship
cases are doing useful work and 15 are quite unemployable.
Five new cases have been placed under Guardianship—two of
these in the Borough, 1 at Brighton, 1 at Godalming, and 1 at
Streatham. Four Guardianship cases have been sent to Institutional
care, two of these having been on leave from Guardianship
for some time. Two lads and one girl have been released from
Guardianship. One man has been transferred to Guardianship at
Brighton, after many years in Institutions.
231 visits have been paid to Guardianship cases during the year.