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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 PATIENTS AWAITING ENTRY TO HOSPITAL, OR ADMITTED FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CARE DURING 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 | ||
| (D | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | 01) | (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 |
| (c) Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 10 |
| 2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) (a) To N.H.S. hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 10 | — | 2 | 26 |
| (b) To L.A. residential accommodation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Elsewhere | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| (d) Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 47 |