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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
Kensington and Chelsea 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Admissions and Discharges The following statistics show the admission and discharges at each residential home for the period, 1st January to 31st December 1970.
| HOME | TOTAL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Mead | Dovehouse Court | Ellesmere | No. 5 Holland Park | King's Mead | ||
| Resident on 1.1.70 | ||||||
| Men | 13 | 12 | 31 | - | 71 | 127 |
| Women | 40 | 22 | 80 | 30 | 198 | 370 |
| Total | 53 | 34 | 111 | 30 | 497 | |
| (487) | ||||||
| Admission | ||||||
| Men | 7 | 32 | 20 | - | 66 | 125 |
| Women | 16 | 59 | 16 | 131 | 284 | |
| Total | 23 | 94 | 79 | 16 | 197 | 409 |
| (323) | ||||||
| Discharges (perm) | ||||||
| Men | 4 | 7 | 22 | - | 77 | 110 |
| Women | 10 | 25 | 53 | 18 | 131 | 237 |
| Total | 14 | 32 | 75 | 18 | 208 | 347 |
| (187) | ||||||
| Died | ||||||
| Men | 4 | 4 | - | - | 11 | 19 |
| Women | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 58 | 71 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 5 | - | 69 | 90 |
| (119) | ||||||
| Remaining on | ||||||
| 31.12.70 | ||||||
| Men | 12 | 33 | 29 | _ | 49 | 123 |
| Women | 42 | 55 | 81 | 28 | 140 | 346 |
| Total | 54 | 88 | 110 | 28 | 189 | |
| Normal accommodation | 55 | 90 | 116 | 29 | 191 | 481 |
| (519) | ||||||
(Figures for previous year shown in parentheses)