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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 persons referred to Local Health Authority during year ended 31st December 1968
| Referred by | Mentally 111 | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under a ge 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 practioners | 2 | 44 | 58 | 104 | |||||||||||||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 1 | 56 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 126 | ||||||
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | 44 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 126 | ||||||||
| (d) Local education authorities | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 55 | |||||||
| (e) Police and courts | 17 | 15 | 1 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 171 | 241 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 460 | |||||
| (g) Total | 3 | 4 | 336 | 441 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 904 | ||