[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 113

London County Council 1964

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

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Table (v)— Persons receiving community care at 31.12.64

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.	279	52	4.1	102	2.8	154	3.1	433
Residential home, hostel, convent, etc.	(230)	(42)	(3.3)	(92)	(2.4)	(134)	(2.6)	(364)
Boarded out	2	4	0.3	56	1.5	60	1.2	62
Boarded out		(5)	(0.4)	(60)	(1.6)	(65)	(1.3)	(68)
Home training	27	17	1.3	36	1.0	53	1.0	80
Home training		(17)	(1.3)	(28)	(0.7)	(45)	(0.9)	(45)
Attendance at day centres.	350	–	–	–	–	–	–	350
Attendance at day centres.	(218)	—	—	—	—	—	—	(218)
Attendance at social clubs for mentally ill*	475	—	—	—	—	—	—	475
Attendance at social clubs for mentally ill*	(526)	—	—	—	—	—	—	(526)
Training centres for subnormal and severely subnormal	–	623	48.9	784	21.2	1,407	28.4	1,407
Training centres for subnormal and severely subnormal		(668)	(52.1)	(740)	(19.5)	(1,408)	(27.7)	(1,408)
Receiving visits from m.h.s.w. or p.s.w.	3,055	1,214	95.2	3,579	96.6	4,793	96.0	7,848
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)
Other types of community care	165	61	4.8	101	2.7	162	3.2	327
Other types of community care	(146)	(37)	(2.9)	(117)	(3.1)	(154)	(3.0)	(300)
†No. of persons involved.	3,322	1,275	–	3,706	–	4,981	–	8,303
†No. of persons involved.	(2,664)	(1,281)		(3,795)		(5,076)		(7,740)
*Some patients who are not included were attending clubs which receive financial or other help from the Council. † Some persons were receiving more than one type of service.