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 | 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 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | |
| (a) General practitioners | 2 | 1 | 117 | 172 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 300 | |||||||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 80 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 174 | ||||||
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatme nt | 1 | 65 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 154 | ||||||||
| (d) Local education authorities | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 88 | |||||
| (e) Police and courts | 167 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 219 | ||||||||||
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 200 | 266 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 606 | |||||
| (g) Total | 9 | 2 | 634 | 640 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 1,541 | ||