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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
Ealing 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE 7
MENTAL HEALTH - NUMBER OF PATIENTS REFERRED DURING YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1966
| Referred by | Mentally ill | Subnormal and severely subnormal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| General practitioners | - | - | 125 | 218 | 343 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | - | - | 35 | 42 | 77 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment | - | 3 | 36 | 41 | 80 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Local education authorities | - | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Police and courts | - | - | 16 | 16 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other sources | - | - | 93 | 115 | 208 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 |
| Total | - | 3 | 307 | 435 | 745 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 62 |