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Haringey 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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Hospital Placement for the Mentally Subnormal
Through out the year difficulties have been experienced when the need has arisen to place mentally
subnormal persons in permanent care in a catchment area hospital. It was only possible to obtain two
placements in South Ockendon and these were both during the first two months of the year. Eight
placements were obtained at Harperbury Hospital. It will be seen from the table pertaining to mental
health that there were eleven persons in need of urgent hospital care and a further twelve who, although
in need of hospital, were not so urgent. This is not a problem restricted to Haringey but is a general one.
PUBLICATIONS
"Mental Subnormality in Childhood".
First abridged version.
The Medical Officer, 1965. Vol.CXIV. No.20 pages 269-272
"Autism in Two Brothers"
The Medical Officer, 1966. Vol.CXV. No.17 Pages 227-229
"An Appraisal of Mental Health Services of the Local Authority"
The Medical Officer, 1966. Vol.CXVI. No.19 Pages 253-255
All above by U.P. Seidel, M.B., B.S., D.P.H., D.P.M.
| Referred by | Mentally III | Sub-normal and severely sub-normal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | 1 | 85 | 117 | 203 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | - | - | 31 | 54 | 85 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | - | 1 | 26 | 42 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Local education authorities | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| Pol ice and Courts | - | - | 25 | 13 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other sources | 1 | - | 82 | 162 | 245 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 2 | 250 | 390 | 643 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 46 |
| Referred by | Mentally III | Sub-normaI and severely sub-normaI | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| (a) Total Number | - | - | 94 | 158 | 252 | 62 | 47 | 187 | 178 | 474 |
| (b) (i) attending day training centre. | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 32 | 25 | 50 | 41 | 148 |
| (ii) awaiting entry thereto | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 56 |
| (c) (i) receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (ii) awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (d) (i) resident in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| (ii) awaiting residence in L.A. Home/hostel | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| (iii) resident at L.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | - | - | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| (iv) resident at L.A. expenses by boarding out in private household | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| (e) receiving home visits and not included under (b) to (d) | - | - | 80 | 146 | 226 | 5 | 5 | 108 | 118 | 236 |