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 Lambeth Borough]
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MENTAL HEALTH Number of persons referred to Local Health Authority during year ended 31st December 1967
Referred by | Mentally 111 | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely Subnormal | 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 | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | |
(a) General practitioners | 92 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 279 | |||||||||||
(b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 64 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 148 | ||||||
(c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | 1 | 73 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 176 | ||||||||
(d) Local education authorities | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 75 | ||||||
(e) Police and courts | 155 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 193 | |||||||||||
(f) Other sources | 2 | 3 | 200 | 266 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 583 | ||||
(g) Total | 4 | 6 | 588 | 641 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 27 | 51 | 30 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1,454 |