Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1966
Mentally ill | Elderly mentally infirm | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | ||||||||||||||
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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) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | |
1. Number of persons in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at end of year | |||||||||||||||||||
(a) In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | 9 |
(b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
(c) Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 11 |
2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||||||||||
(a) To N.H.S. hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 9 | 4 | - | 42 |
(b) To L.A. residential accommodation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
(c) Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
(d) Total | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 60 |