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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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| Referred by | Mentally III | Subnormal and severely subnormal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Age 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Age 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| 1. Total Number | - | 1 | 83 | 182 | 266 | 74 | 71 | 208 | 180 | 533 |
| 2. Attending workshops, day centres or training centres (including special units) | - | - | 8 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 44 | 62 | 52 | 208 |
| 3. Awaiting entry to workshops, day centres, or training centres (including special units) | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 63 |
| 4. Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Awaiting home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Resident in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| 7. Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Resident in other home/hostel | - | - | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 9. Boarded out in private household | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 10. Attending day hospital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Receiving home (a) suitable to visits and not attend a included in training lines 2—10 centre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Others | - | 1 | 62 | 161 | 224 | - | - | 123 | 108 | 220 |
| Subnormal or severely subnormal | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Age 16 and over | ||||
| M | F | M | F | ||
| Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.68 | |||||
| (a) in urgent need of hospital care | 2 | 6 | - | - | 8 |
| (b) not in urgent need of hospital care | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| (c) Total | 10 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 42 |
| Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||
| (a) to N.H.S. Hospitals | 7 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 44 |
| (b) to L.A. residential accommodation | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| (c) Elsewhere | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| (d) Total | 10 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 53 |
Work of Mental Welfare Officers
(a) Mental Illness
Visits made by mental welfare officers 6,509
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 161
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 129
(b) Mental Subnormality
Visits to those under community care by mental welfare officers 2,271
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