London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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NUMBER OF PERSONS REFERRED TO LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY DURING YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1970
| Referred by | Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Mentally Handicapped | Severely Mentally Handicapped | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| (a) General practitioners | 1 | — | 46 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 156 |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | — | — | 35 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 101 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patients day treatment | — | — | 16 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 44 |
| (d) Local education authorities | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 36 |
| (e) Police and courts | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 1 | 36 | 91 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 162 |
| (g) Total | 2 | 1 | 139 | 274 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 510 |