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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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TABLE 4 - Adjusted figures for places in homes and hostels
| Net number of places available to the authority | For the mentally ill | 20 | Line 4 + line 15 - line 11 | 28 | |
| For the elderly mentally infirm | 21 | Line 6 + line 15 - line 11 | |||
| For the subnormal or severely subnormal | Junior | 22 | Line 4 + line 15 - line 11 | 8 | |
| Adult | 23 | Line 4 + line 15 - line 11 | 17 | ||
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936, (sections 187 to 194)
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1959, (section 15 (1)
RETURN OF MENTAL NURSING HOMES REGISTERED AT 31st DECEMBER 1968
| Name of mental nursing home | Total number of beds | Number of beds available for (see note 1) | Whether authorised to detain patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients aged under 16 | Patients aged 16 and over | |||||||
| Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal or severely subnormal | Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal or severely subnormal | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
| (a) St. Michael's Convent | 22 | 22 | Yes | |||||
| Total | 22 | 22 | ||||||
Number of registrations during 1968 which were (a) refused NONE (b) cancelled NONE
Note: For beds which may be used by more than 1 category of patient, columns 3 to 8 may be bracketed as necessary.