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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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NUMBER OF PERSONS UNDER LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY CARE AT 31ST DECEMBER 1966
| Mentally ill | Elderly mentally infirm 65 yrs. & over | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | 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 | M | F | |||
| 1 | Total number | 4 | 1 | 198 | 349 | 25 | 93 | - | 6 | 6 | 82 | 81 | 73 | 58 | 72 | 76 | 1124 | |||
| 2 | Attending training centre | - | - | 11 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 30 | 45 | 203 |
| 3 | Awaiting entry to training centre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| 4 | Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Resident in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 7 | Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | - | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Attending day hospitals | - | - | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 11 | Receiving (a) suitable home visits to attend and not a training included in centre lines 2-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) others | 4 | 1 | 176 | 311 | 22 | 92 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 80 | 71 | 20 | 9 | 42 | 22 | 862 | |
| 12 | Number of children under age 16 attending training centres who have not been included in item 2 because they do not come within the categories covered. | Male | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Female | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||