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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
Greenwich 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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NUMBER OF PATIENTS AWAITING ENTRY TO HOSPITAL. OR ADMITTED FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CARE DURING 1965
| Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total subnormal and severely subnormal | Grand 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 | Under age 16 | 16 and over | ||
| 1. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.65 (a) In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | 12 | - | 12 |
| (b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| (c) Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) (ft) To N.H.S. hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 39 |
| (b) To L.A. residential accommodation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| (c) Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| (d) Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 10 | 65 |