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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
Lambeth 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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(1) Number of patients awaiting entry to hospital at 31.12.65 (2) Number of patients admitted for temporary residential care during 1965
| Subnormal | Severely Subnormal | Total Subnormal and Severely Subnormal | Grand | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||
| 1. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.65 | |||||||||||
| (a) In urgent need of hospital care | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| (b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| (c) Total | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| 2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||
| (a) To N.H.S. hospitals | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| (b) To L.A. residential accommodation | |||||||||||
| (c) Elsewhere | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||
| (d) Total | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 46 | ||