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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: The position at 31st December, 1952, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table is shown in the following table, together with the position

The position at 31st December, 1952, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table is shown in the following table, together with the position

1949195019511952
Detained in institutions7,720*7,767*7,809*7,862*
Discharged from institutional care2,5842,7382,9023,075
Removed to mental hospitals509522543555
Not subject for action9,0989,4039,6689,922
Died4,2514,3804,5234,678
Total removed from active list24,16224,81025,44526,092
Under guardianship246229221222
In places of safety awaiting the presentation of a petition115811
Under supervision3,964†4,092†4,222†4,556†
In hospitals, residential nurseries, etc. awaiting the presentation of a petition54455241
Still under consideration94219
Total remaining on active list4,284‡4,375‡4,524‡4,839‡
Grand Total28,44629,18529,96930,931

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*This figure includes cases on licence who are visited at regular intervals by officers of the Council on behalf of the
regional hospital boards as follows:
1949 1950 1951 1952
338 366 352 259
† In addition to the cases under supervision, persons known to the local authority to be mentally defective but not
subject to be dealt with, are visited on a voluntary basis, as follows:
1949 1950 1951 1952
970 968 1,020 1,040
‡ Of these the following were awaiting institutional care.
1949 1950 1951 1952
135 139 154 169

Table: The following is a summary of the cases dealt with during 1952, with the comparable figures for the three preceding years:

The following is a summary of the cases dealt with during 1952, with the comparable figures for the three preceding years:

1949195019511952
Placed in institutions293330303369
Placed under guardianship1291024
Placed in places of safety pending the presentation of a petition23375670
Placed under supervision453591618787
Discharged from institutional care or guardianship212192182203
Removed to mental hospital under the Lunacy Acts22192721
Ascertained not subject for action51586869
Withdrawn from supervision238258217201
Removed to other areas40444965
Died111128140165
Total1,4551,6661,6701,974

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