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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 1969
[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 1969
| 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 | 1 | — | 57 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 197 |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | — | — | 36 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 97 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patients day treatment | — | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 41 |
| (d) Local education authorities | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| (e) Police and courts | — | — | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 22 |
| (f) Other sources | 2 | — | 46 | 113 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 230 |
| (g) Total | 3 | — | 170 | 319 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 13 | 45 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 644 |