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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
Wandsworth 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1959
STATISTICS
for the year 1966
| Menially ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal and severely subnormal | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons referred (a) By general practitioners | 292 | 2 | 1 | 295 |
| (b) By hospitals (on discharge after in-patient treatment) | 116 | 1 | 4 | 121 |
| (c) By hospitals (during or after out-patient or day hospital treatment) | 122 | – | 12 | 134 |
| (d) By Inner London Education Authority | 15 | – | 68 | 83 |
| (e) By Police and/or Courts | 63 | _ | _ | 63 |
| (f) From other sources | 381 | 3 | 42 | 426 |
| Total | 989 | 6 | 127 | 1,122 |
| Admissions to hospital (a) As informal patients | 91 | – | 4 | 95 |
| (b) By statutory action (Sees. 25, 26 and 29) | 297 | – | 2 | 299 |
| (c) By Order of a Court (Sec. 60) | 12 | — | — | 12 |
| Total | 400 | — | 6 | 406 |
| Persons receiving community care at 31st December, 1966 (a) Attending day training centre | – | – | 196 | 196 |
| (b) Receiving home training | 16 | — | 5 | 21 |
| (c) Resident in local authority home/hostel | 13 | _ | __ | 13 |
| (d) Resident at local authority's expense in other home/ hostel | 11 | – | 22 | 33 |
| (e) Boarded-out at local authority's expense in private household | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| (f) Receiving home visits and not in any of the foregoing categories (a) to (e) | 379 | – | 294 | 673 |
| Total | 419 | — | 528 | 947 |