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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Mentally Ill | Elderly mentally 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 of waiting list for admission to hospital at end of year (a) In urgent need of hospital care | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (b) Not in urgent need of hospital care | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2. | 13 | |||||||||||||
| (c) Total | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 2 Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve family) (a) To N.H.S. hospitals | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| (b) To L.A. residential accommodation | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (c) Elsewhere | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| . (d) Total | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 42 | ||||||||||