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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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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936 (Sections 187 to 194)
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1959 (section 15 (1))
RETURN OF MENTAL NURSING HO'MES AUTHORISED TO DETAIN PATIENTS
AT 31st DECEMBER 1968
Part I
| Number of admissions during 1968 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentally Ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| (a) Informal admissions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Compulsory admissions for observation under Section 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Compulsory admissions for observation under Section 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Compulsory admissions for treatment under Section 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (e) Transfers from guardianship under Section 41 (2) (d) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (f) Removals, from Northern Ireland under Section 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (g) Compulsory admissions on court orders under Section 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (h) Compulsory admissions on court orders under Section 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (j) Compulsory admissions on court orders under Section 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |