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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 1967
[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, 1967
| Mentally ill | Subnormal and severely subnormal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| 1. Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1967 | 2 | 1 | 351 | 449 | 803 | 80 | 72 | 206 | 166 | 524 |
| 2. (a) Attending day training centre | - | - | 9 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 37 | 59 | 47 | 197 |
| Awaiting entry thereto | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 40 |
| (b) Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (c) Resident in L.H.A. home/hostel | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other homes/ hostels | - | - | 6 | 9 | 15 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| (d) Receiving home visits and not included in (a) to (c) | 2 | 1 | 332 | 429 | 764 | 14 | 15 | 134 | 110 | 273 |
| 3. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67 In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | 14 |
| 4. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1967 -To N.H.S. Hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 43 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
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)