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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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Number of persons referred to Local Authority during year ended 31st December 1969
| Referred by | Mentally Ill | 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 | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | ||
| (a) General practitioners | 1 | 46 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 122 | |||||||||||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 52 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | |||||||
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patients or day treatment | 65 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 158 | |||||||||
| (d) Local education authorities | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 92 | |||||||
| (e) Police and courts | 1 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| (f) Other sources | 1 | 1 | 200 | 281 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 581 | ||||
| (g) Total | 4 | 2 | 391 | 509 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 57 | 51 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1,121 | |||