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
Greenwich 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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NUMBER OF PATIENTS REFERRED TO LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY DURING YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1965
| Referred by | Mentally 111 | 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 | ||
| (a) General practitioners | 3 | - | 52 | 88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 143 |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 1 | - | 73 | 132 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 223 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | - | 1 | 20 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 58 |
| (d) Local education authorities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 16 | 41 | 57 |
| (e) Police and courts | - | - | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 26 |
| (0 Other sources | 3 | - | 88 | 105 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 10 | 10 | 216 |
| (g) Total | 7 | 1 | 245 | 370 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 68 | 723 |