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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
London County Council 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the number of mental patients of all classes undergoing treatment in London County mental hospitals and ex-M.A.B. institutions during 1946:— Table 2
| Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts | Uncertified senile patients | Total of all classes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | Voluntary | Temporary | Lunacy Act Sections 24 & 25 | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |
| Patients at 1st Jan., 1946 | 6,980 | 10,293 | 17,273 | 736 | 706 | 1,442 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1,072 | 1,526 | 2,598 | 311 | 815 | 1,126 | 9,101 | 13,346 | 22,447 |
| Admissions in 1946— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | 735 | 1,151 | 1,886 | 598 | 721 | 1,319 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 264 | 475 | 739 | 1,453 | 2,422 | 4,075 |
| Indirect | 257 | 294 | 551 | 41 | 53 | 94 | 1 | — | 1 | 34 | 3 | 37 | — | 333 | 350 | 683 | ||
| Exits in 1946— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discharged recovered | 206 | 407 | 613 | 102 | 258 | 360 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 309 | 669 | 978 |
| *Discharged otherwise | 490 | 541 | 1,031 | 437 | 438 | 875 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 41 | 50 | 91 | 986 | 1,057 | 2,043 |
| Deaths | 374 | 570 | 944 | 68 | 38 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 123 | 131 | 254 | 211 | 324 | 535 | 780 | 1,065 | 1,845 |
| Total patients 31st Dec., 1946 | 6,902 | 10,220 | 17,122 | 768 | 746 | 1,514 | 2 15 | 17 | 1,017 | 1,430 | 2,447 | 323 | 916 | 1,239 | 9,012 | 13,327 | 22,339 | |
* Includes patients transferred to other mental hospitals and to other classes.