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
Wandsworth 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal and severely subnormal | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) By general practitioners | 288 | 1 | 6 | 295 |
| (b) By hospitals (on discharge after in-patient treatment) | 121 | - | 7 | 128 |
| (c) By hospitals (during or after out-patient or day hospital treatment) | 145 | 1 | 6 | 152 |
| (d) By Inner London Education Authority | 9 | - | 52 | 61 |
| (e) By Police and/or Courts ... | 53 | - | 3 | 56 |
| (f) From other sources | 549 | 2 | 64 | 615 |
| Total | 1,165 | 4 | 138 | 1,307 |
| (a) As informal patients | 108 | 1 | 11 | 120 |
| (b) By statutory action (Secs. 25, 26 and 29) | 252 | 1 | 5 | 258 |
| (c) By Order of a Court (Sec. 60) | 7 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Total | 367 | 2 | 18 | 387 |
| (a) Attending day training centre or workshop | 5 | - | 208 | 213 |
| (b) Receiving home training | 17 | - | 5 | 22 |
| (c) Resident in local authority home/hostel | 9 | - | - | 9 |
| (d) Resident at local authority's expense in other home/ hostel | 14 | - | 20 | 34 |
| (e) Boarded-out at local authority's expense in private household | - | - | 14 | 14 |
| (f) Receiving home visits and not in any of the foregoing categories (a) to (e) | 463 | - | 303 | 766 |
| Total | 508 | - | 550 | 1,058 |