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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
Barnet 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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Number of persons under Local Health Authority care at 31st December, 1967
| Mentally 111 | Elderly Mentally Infirm | Psychopathic | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | ||
| 1 Total number | 1 | 2 | 73 | 159 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 92 | 65 | 52 | 45 | 87 | 86 | 725 | ||||
| 2 Attending workshops/occupation training centres | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 42 | 35 | 46 | 42 | 228 | |||||||
| 3 Awaiting entry to workshops/occup. training centres | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 4 Receiving home training | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Awaiting home training | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Resident in L.A. home/hostel | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 58 | |||||||||
| 9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Attending day hospital | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 Receiving home visits and not inc. in lines 2-10 | (a) suitable to attend a training centre | 12 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| (b) others | 1 | 2 | 47 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 44 | 1 | 34 | 40 | 364 | ||||||