London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lambeth 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Mentally ill | Elderly mentally infirm | 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 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | |
| 1 Total number | 3 | . | 134 | 164 | 49 | 31 | 92 | 72 | 88 | 69 | 94 | 82 | 878 | ||||||
| 2 Attending training centre | 14 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 223 | ||||||||
| 3 Awaiting entry to training centre | 16 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 74 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 Receiving home training | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 5 Awaiting home training | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Resident in L.A. home/hostel | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 Attending day hospitals | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Receiving home (a) suitable to 11 visits and not attend a included in training lines 2-10 centre | 14 | 20 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| (b) others | 3 | 103 | 142 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 20 | 481 | |||||||