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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 REFERRED TO LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY DURING YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1967
| 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 | ||
| (a) General practitioners | 2 | 1 | 56 | 121 | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 182 | ||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | — | 1 | 79 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 229 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patients day treatment | — | — | 19 | 48 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 |
| (d) Local education authorities | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | - | — | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | — | 3 | 56 |
| (e) Police and courts | - | - | 8 | 15 | — | - | — | — | 1 | - | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| (f) Other sources | 6 | 1 | 73 | 129 | — | — | - | — | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 241 |
| (g) Total | 10 | 6 | 239 | 458 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 803 | ||||