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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 1970
[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 | Mentally Handicapped | Severely Mentally Handicapped | 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. | 1970 | 1969 | |
| To N.H.S. Hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 13 | 6 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 46 |
| Total | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 52 |
Table 46.—Terrace Day Centre—1970
(Day Centre for the Mentally III, 1 St. Mary's Terrace, W.2)
| Total attendance | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 1530 1969 (1453) | 1210 (1317) | 1205 (1343) | 1386 (1396) | 1500 (1353) | 1697 (1348) | 1582 (1456) | 1269 (1393) | 1552 (1370) | 1510 (1726) | 1444 (1627) | 1431 (1692) | |
| 1970 1530 1969 (1453) | 1210 (1317) | 1205 (1343) | 1386 (1396) | 1500 (1353) | 1697 (1348) | 1582 (1456) | 1269 (1393) | 1552 (1370) | 1510 (1726) | 1444 (1627) | 1431 (1692) | |
| Average attendance | 1970 34 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 37i | 38 | 34 | 32 | 35i | 34 | 34 | 32i |
| 1969 (31½) | (33) | (32) | (34) | (32) | (32) | (32) | (34) | (33) | (37½) | (41) | (42) | |
| Percentage attendance | 61% | 61% | 65% | 70% | 75% | 71% | 67% | 64% | 71% | 65% | 66% | 63% |
| Roll at beginning of month | 61 | 56 | 46 | 43 | 46 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 54 | 59 |
| 1969 (47) | (46) | (47) | (51) | (50) | (45) | (51) | (64) | (57) | (57) | (57) | (60) | |
| Admissions | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| (5) | (8) | (6) | (7) | (4) | (9) | (11) | (6) | (6) | (3) | (6) | (5) | |
| Discharges:- | 13 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| (6) | (6) | (2) | (5) | (9) | (3) | (8) | (7) | (6) | (13) | (3) | (4) | |
| To: Work | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Further training | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Hospital | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Non-co-operation | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Moved away | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Not suitable | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relieved | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Self-discharge | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Physically ill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |