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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Referred by | Mentally 111 | Psychopathic | Mentally Handicapped | Severely Mentally Handicapped | 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 | 30 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 96 | ||||||||||||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 64 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | 138 | ||||||
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | 1 | 41 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 141 | ||||||||
| (d) Local education authorities | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 91 | ||||||
| (e) Police and courts | 13 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| (0 Other sources | 4 | 2 | 222 | 308 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 631 | ||||
| (g) Total | 5 | 3 | 375 | 543 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 54 | 50 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1135 | ||