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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
Southwark 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE II
Summary of action taken in respect of new cases
| Admitted to hospital: Informally | 46 | |
| Compulsorily: M.H. Act, 1959, | Section 25 (for observation) | 157 |
| Section 26 (for treatment) | 22 | |
| Section 29 (emergency admission for observation) | 114 | |
| Other | 11 | |
| Afforded community care | 464 | |
| Given advice only | 220 | |
| Total | 1034 | |
TABLE III
NUMBER OF PERSONS RECEIVING COMMUNITY CARE at 31st DECEMBER 1967
| Type of Care | Mentally III | Elderly Mentally Infirm | Subnormal and Severely Subnormal | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | Over 16 | ||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Attendance at day centres Attendance at training | 361 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 80§ | ||||
| centres | 45 | 38 | 49 | 52 | 184+ | ||||
| Home training | 6 | 14 | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 39 |
| Residence in homes, hostels, etc Local authority | |||||||||
| (Dover Lodge) | 3 ‡ | 3 | |||||||
| Other | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 162 | 69 | |
| Attendance at special units | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||||||
| Formal guardianship Receiving social workers | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| visits only S.W. visits (awaiting admission to hospital | 157 | 232 | 20 | 59 | 44 | 29 | 147 | 97 | 785 |
| for long term res. care) | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Totals | 210 | 281 | 27 | 94 | 107 | 83 | 214 | 172 | 1188 |
* Includes 1 under 16.
§ Plus 21 patients from other Boroughs (and including 1 patient attending other Boroughs
centres).
+ Plus 34 Junior and 1 Adult patients from other Boroughs (and including 15 juniors and 1
Adult attending other Boroughs' centres).
‡ Plus 2 persons from other Boroughs.
** Plus 2 persons included below under formal guardianship.
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