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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 1967
[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 1967
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 170 | 296 | 22 | 52 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 69 | 70 | 59 | 63 | 80 | 959 | |
| 2 | Attending training centre | — | — | 23 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 41 | 28 | 43 | 248 |
| 3 | Awaiting entry to training centre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | — | — | 14 |
| 4 | Receiving home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Resident in L.A. home/hostel | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 7 | Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| 8 | Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Attending day hospitals | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| 11 | Receiving (a) suitable home visits to attend and not a training included in centre lines 2-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) others | 6 | 1 | 134 | 250 | 21 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 29 | 650 | ||||
| 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 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Female | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||