[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 75

London County Council 1963

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

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Table (v)— Persons receiving community care at31.12.63

Type of care received	Mentally m	Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal						Grand total
		Under 16 years		Over 16 years		All ages
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Residential home, hostel, convent, etc
	230	42	3.3	92	2.4	134	2.6	364
	(185)					(92)		(277)
Boarded out	—	5	0.4	60	1.6	65	1.3	68
Boarded out						(64)		(64)
Home training	—	17	1.3	28	0.7	45	0.9	45
Home training						(43)		(43)
Attendance at day centres	218	—	—	—	—	—	—	218
Attendance at day centres	(133)							(133)
Attendance at social clubs for mentally ill*	526	_	_	_	_	_	_	526
Attendance at social clubs for mentally ill*	(132)							(132)
Training centres for subnormal and severely subnormal		668	52.1	740	19.5	1,408	27.7	1,408
						(1,383)		(1,383)
Receiving visits from m.h.s.w. or p.s.w.	2,427	1,226	95.7	3,671	96.5	4,897	96.5	7,324
Receiving visits from m.h.s.w. or p.s.w.	(2,018)					(4,879)		(6,897)
Other types of community care	146	37	2.9	117	3.1	154	3.0	300
Other types of community care	(82)					(144)		(226)
fNo. of persons involved..	2,664	1,281		3,795		5,076		7,740
fNo. of persons involved..	(2,211)	(1,361)		(3,669)		(5,030)		(7,241)
*Some patients who are not included were attending clubs which receive financial or other help from the Council. f Some persons were receiving more than one type of service.