London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE VI
PERSONS PROVIDED WITH LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH DURING 1969
| Mentally ill | Subnormal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In residence on 1.1.69 | 10 | (12) | 14 | (12) |
| Admitted during year | 7 | (1) | 9 | (8) |
| Discharged during year | 3 | (3) | 2 | (6) |
| In residence on 31.12.69 | 14 | (10) | 21 | (14) |
82
The garden surrounding this house has been allowed to get
into a neglected state, but it is hopefully anticipated that a group
of young volunteers will deal with this and thus enable the residents
to keep it under control in the future.
TABLE VII
CASES PROVIDED WITH SHORT-TERM CARE IN 1969
| Hospital Placements | Other Placements | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Under 16 | Over 16 | Total Hospital Placements | Under 16 | Over 16 | Total Other Placements | Total all Placements | |||||||
| Subnormal | 1 | (1) | 3 | (3) | 4 | (4) | 2 | (2) | 2 | (2) | 4 | (4) | 8 | (8) |
| Severely Subnormal | 8 | (11) | 4 | (7) | 12 | (18) | 4 | (-) | 1 | (1) | 5 | (1) | 17 | (19) |
| TOTALS: | 9 | (12) | 7 | (10) | 16 | (22) | 6 | (2) | 3 | (3) | 9 | (5) | 25 | (27) |
STEPPING STONES CLUB
Since 1969 was the first year of very close involvement of the
Service with the Stepping Stones Club, a fairly full account of its
activities has been incorporated in the report.
Stepping Stones is a club for the rehabilitation of mentally
ill and emotionally disturbed persons who live in Bromley and
the surrounding districts. It has been named "Stepping Stones"
because it is an intermediary between the patient in a phase of
personal social isolation and an ultimate participation in the
ordinary social institutions in the community. The object of the
club is to enable persons suffering from mental ill health to
resume full activity within the community. The club provides
occupational, social and recreational activities as a form of additional
treatment to promote social rehabilitation. The club is
housed together with the Psychiatric Out-patient (Adults and
Child Guidance Clinic) of Bromley Hospital and is affiliated to
the Friends of Bromley Hospital.