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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 45.—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. | 1968 | 1967 | |
| To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Elsewhere | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 28 |
| Total | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 35 |
Table 46.—Terrace Day Centre—1968
(Day Centre for the Mentally III, 1 St. Mary's Terrace, W.2.)
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total attendances Half-day session | 1968 1272 | 1097 | 1213 | 1388 | 1497 | 1128 | 1347 | 1343 | 1314 | 1416 | 1227 | 1218 |
| 1967 (759) | (876) | (1066) | (954) | (1076) | (1152) | (978) | (1059) | (1184) | (1419) | (1369) | (1049) | |
| Average daily attendance | 27½ | 26 | 28 | 35 | 33 | 29½ | 29 | 30i | 33 | 31 | 29 | 30½ |
| (17) | (22) | (25) | (23½) | (24½) | (26) | (23) | (24) | (28) | (32) | (31) | (27½) | |
| Roll at beginning of month | 46 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 49 | 45 | 47 |
| (20) | (26) | (32) | (36) | (34) | (37) | (36) | (37) | (43) | (44) | (44) | (45) | |
| Admissions | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| (9) | (8) | (5) | (5) | (9) | (9) | (4) | (9) | (6) | (7) | (6) | (6) | |
| Discharges:— | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 |
| (3) | (2) | (1) | (7) | (6) | (8) | (3) | (3) | (5) | (7) | (5) | (5) | |
| Work | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Further training | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Transferred to other centres | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Fit for work | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Hospital | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Non co-operative | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Moved away | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Not well enough to attend | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Not suitable | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Patients referred and interviewed, but did not attend for admission | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |
| Patients not attended for interview | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |