London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Part II
| Number of cases who completed a period of observation under sections 25 or 29 of the Act | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action taken at end of period of detention | 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) Remained in home (or transferred to another mental nursing home or hospital for psychiatric treatment, and detained under the Act | ||||||||||
| (b) As for (a) above but not detained under the Act | ||||||||||
| (c) Remained in home Cor transferred to another nursing home or hospital) for non-psychiatric treatment | ||||||||||
| (d) Left mental nursing home | 2 | |||||||||
Note. (1) If a patient completes more than one period of observation, each period should be counted.