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Ealing 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE 6
MENTAL HEALTH - PATIENTS UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE AT 31ST DECEMBER 1966
| Mentally ill | Subnormal and severely subnormal | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Elderly Mentally infirm | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| 1. Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1966 | 1 | 3 | 362 | 575 | 3 | 4 | 948 | 79 | 67 | 201 | 164 | 511 |
| 2. a) Attending day training centre Awaiting entry thereto | _ | _ | 7 | 3 | _ | _ | 10 | 56 | 42 | 58 | 51 | 207 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 42 | |
| b) Receiving home training Awaiting home training | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | _ | - | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| c) Resident in L.H.A. home/hostel | _ | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/ hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other homes/hostels | - | - | 11 | 8 | - | - | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 17 |
| d) Receiving home visits and not included in (a) to (c) | 1 | 3 | 341 | 562 | 3 | 4 | 914 | 4 | 9 | 132 | 103 | 248 |
| 3. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.66 | ||||||||||||
| In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | - | 4 | 22 |
| 4. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1966 - | ||||||||||||
| To N.H.S. hospitals | - | - | _ | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
It should be noted that it is possible for persons to be included in more than one of the categories listed under items 2 (a) to (d)