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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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MENTAL HEALTH Number of persons under Local Health Authority care at 31st December 1967
| Mentally 111 | 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 | 3 | 99 | 165 | 65 | 40 | 67 | 45 | 92 | 72 | 94 | 76 | 821 | ||||||
| 2 | Attending workshops/occupation training centres | 12 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 44 | 51 | 35 | 262 | ||||||||
| 3 | Awaiting entry to workshops/ occupation training centres | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Receiving home training | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Awaiting home training | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Resident in L.A. home/hostel | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 37 | |||||||||
| 9 | Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||||