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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 REFERRED TO LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY DURING YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1966
| Referred by | Mentally ill | 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 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | |
| (a) General practitioners | 1 | - | 84 | 135 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 230 |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from inpatient treatment | - | - | 87 | 147 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 246 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment | - | - | 39 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 71 |
| (d) Local education authorities | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 12 | - | - | 70 |
| (e) Police and courts | - | - | 15 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 25 |
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 1 | 81 | 142 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 250 |
| (g) Total | 5 | 1 | 306 | 461 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 892 |