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{{infobox institution | {{infobox institution | ||
| name = Janefield Colony for the Treatment of Mental Defectives | | name = Janefield Colony for the Treatment of Mental Defectives | ||
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| closed = 1996 | | closed = 1996 | ||
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| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
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Some children who, having reached the age of 14 and still requiring institutional care, were transferred from the institution at Travancore to Janefield. A heritage study from 1990 described the originally accommodation at the Janefield Colony thus: 'In 1937 the total accommodation available in the existing buildings - Ward A (later the painters and carpenters shops) and Wards B and C amounted to 100 beds. The two storeyed administrative building, including a flat for the chief nurse and quarters for nurses, and brick ward were occupied in 1939. By 1940 there were 126 patients.' | Some children who, having reached the age of 14 and still requiring institutional care, were transferred from the institution at Travancore to Janefield. A heritage study from 1990 described the originally accommodation at the Janefield Colony thus: 'In 1937 the total accommodation available in the existing buildings - Ward A (later the painters and carpenters shops) and Wards B and C amounted to 100 beds. The two storeyed administrative building, including a flat for the chief nurse and quarters for nurses, and brick ward were occupied in 1939. By 1940 there were 126 patients.' | ||
| − | + | Construction of a ward for boys commenced in 1940 but was not completed until 1945. By 1955, there were 7 wards at Janefield, and the Colony housed 274 patients. In 1962, Janefield was proclaimed a Training Centre under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1959. In 1996, residents of Janefield were transferred to other services for intellectually disabled people. | |
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