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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
Hounslow 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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| Mentally ill | Sub-normal and severely sub-normal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||
| l | Number of patients under care at 31st December 1966 | 1 | 83 | 137 | 221 | 63 | 58 | 118 | 131 | 370 | |
| 2 | Attending training centre | - | - | 10 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 45 | 40 | 50 | 189 |
| 3 | Awaiting entry to training centre | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Resident in LA home/hostel | - | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7 | Awaiting residence in LA home/ hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 8 | Resident at LA expense in other homes/hostels | - | - | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | Resident at LA expense by boarding out in private households | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Attending day hospitals | — | — | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | — | — | — | — |
| ll | Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2-10 a. suitable to attend a training centre | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| b. others | — | 1 | 62 | 111 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 58 | 129 | |
| 12 | Number of children not included in item 2 above because they do not come within the categories covered | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Number of persons included in item 6 above who reside in accommodation provided under the National Assistance Act, 1948 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Number of patients on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.66 a. In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | - | 3 | 17 |
| b. Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Number of admissions for temporary residential care (eg to relieve the family) during 1966 To NHS Hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | - | 2 | |
| 16 | Admissions to guardianship during the year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Total number under guardianship at end of year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |