London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able (v)—
| Type of care received | Mentally ill | Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal | Grand total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 years | Over 16 years | All ages | ||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Residential home, hostel, convent, etc | 185 (165) | 27 | 2.0 | 65 | 1.8 | 92 (72) | 1.8 | 277 (237) |
| Boarded out | - | 5 | 0.4 | 59 | 1.6 | 64 (67) | 1.0 | 64 |
| Home training | 20 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.6 | 43 (40) | 0.9 | 43 | |
| Attendance at day centres | 133 (85) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 (85) |
| Attendance at social clubs for mentally ill* | 132 (67) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 132 (67) |
| Training centres for subnormal and severely subnormal | - | 708 | 520 | 675 | 18.4 | 1,383 (1,292) | 27.5 | 1,383 (1,292) |
| Receiving visits from m.w.o. or p.s.w. | 2,018 (1,132) | 1,317 | 96.8 | 3,562 | 97.1 | 4,879 (4,592) | 96.9 | 6,897 (5,724) |
| Other types of community care | 82 (12) | 30 | 2.2 | 114 | 3.1 | 144 | 2.9 | 226 (64) |
| †No. of persons involved | 2,211 (1,321) | 1,361 (1,306) | 3,669 (3,426) | 5,030 (4,732) | 7,241 (6,053) | |||