History of mental health services in South Africa. Part X. Institutions for defectives.

The first Government institution for mental defectives was opened at Maitland in the Cape, in 1921, and was named the Alexandra Institution. A second, Witrand, was opened at Potchefstroom in 1923. A third was opened at Howick in Natal, in 1949, and was called the Umgeni Waterfalls Institution. A fourth, at Westlake in the Cape, was opened in 1962 and houses Coloured patients. Over 1 000 defectives are cared for in private institutions.