Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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NUMBER OF PATIENTS AWAITING ENTRY TO HOSPITAL, ADMITTED FOR TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL CARE OR ADMITTED TO GUARDIANSHIP DURING 1969
Mentally ill | Elderly mentally infirm 65 yrs. & over | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | ||||||||||||||
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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. 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
(b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
(c) Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||||||||||
(a) To N.H.S. hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
(b) To L.A. residential accommodation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 19 | — | — | 41 |
(c) Elsewhere | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
(d) Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 70 |