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
Southwark 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE IV
NUMBER OF SUBNORMAL AND SEVERELY SUBNORMAL PERSONS AFFORDED SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL CARE
| Under 16 | Over 16 | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | ||
| In N.H.S. Hospitals (arranged by mental health staff) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| In homes, hostels, etc. | 22 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 62 |
| Totals | 29 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 84 |
TABLE V
| Number of Establishments | Number of Places | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentally I11 | Elderly Mentally Infirm | Subnormal and Severely Subnormal | Totals | |||||
| Junior | Adult | Under 16 | Over 16 | |||||
| Under 16 | Over 16 | |||||||
| Training centres | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 105 | 100 | 205 |
| Special units (in day nurseries) | 2 | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 19 |
| Day centres | — | 3 | — | 72 | 30 | — | — | 102 |
| Hostels (Dover Lodge) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 13 |
| Totals | — | 72 | 30 | 124 | 113 | 339 | ||
TABLE VI
SPECIAL ADVISORY CLINICS FOR BACKWARD CHILDREN
Number of new referrals 17
Number of attendances 52
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