London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Haringey 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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| 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 | ||||
| 1. TotaI number | - | 1 | 60 | 180 | 241 | 68 | 64 | 199 | 181 | 512 | |
| 2. Attending workshops/occupation training centres | — | — | — | - | - | 37 | 38 | 50 | 40 | 165 | |
| 3. Awaiting entry to workshops/ occupation training centres | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 73 | |
| 4. Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Resident in L.A. Home/hostel | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7. Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | 24 | |
| 8. Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostel s | - | - | 8 | 10 | 18 | - | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |
| 9. Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |
| 10. Attending day hospitals | |||||||||||
| 11. Receiving home visits and not included in Iines 2-10 | a) suitable to attend a training centre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| b) others | - | 1 | 50 | 168 | 219 | 4 | 4 | 104 | 111 | 223 | |
| Sub-normal or severely sub-normal | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | ||||
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67 | |||||
| a) in urgent need of hospital care | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| b) not in urgent need of hospital care | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| c) Total | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||
| a) to N.H.S. Hospitals | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| b) to L.A. residential accommodation | - | - | — | - | — |
| c) Elsewhere | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| d) Total | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 39 |
Work of Mental Welfare Officers
(a) Mental Illness
Visits made by mental welfare officers 5,841
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 166
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 133
(b) Mental subnormality
Visits to those under community care by mental welfare officers 2,083
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