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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 7
MENTAL HEALTH - NUMBER OF PATIENTS REFERRED DURING YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1967
| Referred by | 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 | |||
| General practitioners | 2 | - | 74 | 152 | 228 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | - | 1 | 47 | 75 | 123 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Hospitals, after or during out-patient day treatment | - | - | 57 | 64 | 121 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Local education authorities | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Police and courts | - | - | 31 | 17 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other sources | - | - | 66 | 54 | 120 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 276 | 364 | 643 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 51 |