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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR 1968
Number of patients awaiting entry to hospital, admitted for Temporary Residential Care, or admitted to Guardianship during 1968
| Mentally Ill | Elderly Mental 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. 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 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| (b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| (c) Total | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) To N.H.S. hospitals | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| (b) To L.A. residential accommodation | |||||||||||||||||||
| (c) Elsewhere | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| (d) Total | 6 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 46 | ||||||||||||