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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

Enfield 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER CARE

Table: Table 23 Attendance at Chiropody Clinics

Table 23 Attendance at Chiropody Clinics

Category of PatientNew CasesOld CasesRe-attendancesTotal
First attendancesFirst attendances
Elderly Persons2389273,8144,979
Physically Handicapped441725
Expectant and Nursing Mothers1082240
School Children4731107185
Pre-school Children431724
Others3386510629
Totals3361,0594,4875,882

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MENTAL HEALTH

Table: Table 24Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1965

Table 24

Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1965

Mentally IIISub-normal and Severely Sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
1. Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1965-1741241996648157157428
2. (a) Attending day training centre——21346304741164
(b) Awaiting entry thereto-----331310
3. (a) Resident in L.H.A. home/hostel--------11
(b) Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel--167-----
(c) Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels--5492-6715
(d) Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household-----1151320
4. Receiving home visits and not included in (2) or (3)—16611318014149892218
5. No. of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.65 :
(a) In urgent need of hospital care-----225413
(b) Not in urgent need of hospital care------1--1
6. No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g.) to relieve the family) during 1965:
(a) To N.H.S. Hospitals—————646824
(b) Elsewhere-----312410