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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
City of Westminster 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 45.—Mental Health Service—Number of Cases in Community Care at end of year
| Mentally III | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Grand Total | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 1967 | 1966 | |
| – | – | 14 | 14 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 19 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 101 | 58 | |
| (ii) Awaiting entry thereto | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| (ii) Awaiting home training | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 13 | 7 | |
| (ii) Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (iii) Resident at L.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | – | – | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 86 | 63 |
| (iv) Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| — | — | 163 | 311 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 635 | 492 | |
| Total number | — | — | 194 | 348 | 13 | 6 | 57 | 43 | 45 | 38 | 49 | 49 | 842 | 623 |
Table 46.—Number of Patients admitted for Temporary Residential Care during the year (e.g. to Relieve the Family)
| Number of admissions | Mentally III | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Grand Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 1967 | 1966 | |
| To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 13 |
| Elsewhere | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 |
| Total | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 34 |