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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
Tower Hamlets 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| Referred by | Mentally 111 | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | Over 16 | Under 16 | Over 16 | Under 16 | Over 16 | ||
| General practitioners | - | 116 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 120 |
| Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | _ | 260 | . | 5 | 1 | 10 | 276 |
| Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | _ | 117 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 121 |
| Education authorities | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 34 | 50 | 97 |
| Police and courts | - | 24 | - | - | - | 4 | 28 |
| Other sources | 1 | 100 | - | - | 9 | 13 | 123 |
| Totals | 12 | 618 | - | 6 | 46 | 83 | 765 |
| In-patient Unit - Dundee Ward | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | ||||
| Admissions | 114 | 131 | 107 | ||||
| Discharges - Home | 65 | 70 | 63 | ||||
| - Long Grove Hospital | 23 | 23 | 21 | ||||
| - Other | 28 | 29 | 31 | ||||
| Total | 116 | 122 | 115 | ||||
| Day Hospital | |||||||
| Admissions | 58 | 61 | 56 | ||||
| Patient/day attendances | 5,699 | 5,382 | 5, 567 | ||||
| Discharges - Home | 5 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| - Long Grove Hospital | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| - St. Clement's - ih-patient | 26 | 25 | 8 | ||||
| - General hospitals | 25 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| - Other | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 65 | 32 | ||||
| Out-Patient Attendances | |||||||
| New Referrals | 36 | 48 | 36 | ||||
| Follow-up patients | 184 | 195 | 103 | ||||
| Male | Female | Total | |||||
| Admitted under; Section 25 | 26 | 44 | 70 | ||||
| Section 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Section 29 | 12 | 25 | 37 | ||||
| Section 60 | 7 | - | 7 | ||||
| Section 136 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Admitted informally | 53 | 68 | 121 | ||||
| Total: | 104 | 142 | 246 | ||||
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