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Enfield 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PERSONAL HEALTH
Table 24 Mental Health
Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st March, 1971
| Mentally ill | Mentally Handicapped and Severely Mentally Handicapped | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under | Aged 16 yrs. | Aged 65 yrs. | Total | Under | Aged 16 yrs. | Total | ||||||||
| age 16 yrs. | to 64 yrs. | and over | age 16 yrs. | and over | ||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||
| 1. | Number of patients under care on 31st March, 1971 | 1 | - | 104 | 151 | 6 | 6 | 268 | 74 | 57 | 90 | 99 | 320 | |
| 2. | (a) | Attending day training centre | - | - | 16 | 9 | 3 | - | 28 | 65 | 41 | 66 | 66 | 238 |
| (b) | Awaiting admission | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 | |
| 3. | (a) | Resident in L.H.A. home/ hostel | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 8 |
| (b) | Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (c) | Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 43 | |
| (d) | Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 16 | 21 | |
| 4. | Receiving home visits and not included in (2) or (3) | 1 | - | 77 | 132 | 2 | 4 | 216 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 6 | |
| 5. | No. of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.3.71 | |||||||||||||
| (a) | In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| (b) | Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 23 | |
| 6. | No. of admissions for temporary residential care, e.g. to relieve the family | |||||||||||||
| (a) | To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| (b) | Elsewhere | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |