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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 1968
[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 1968
| 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 | — | — | 60 | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 203 | |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | — | 1 | 68 | 109 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 191 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patients day treatment | — | — | 20 | 29 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 57 |
| (d) Local education authorities | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 40 |
| (e) Police and courts | — | — | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | |
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 1 | 70 | 124 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 236 | |
| (g) Total | 1 | 3 | 228 | 405 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 746 |