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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
Harrow 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Professor Elek and Dr. Stern of St. George's Hospital on Serological
Investigations into the Possible Virus Aetiology of Mental Deficiency. The
results of these two projects are not yet known.
TABLE I
Mentally Ill Patients under Local Authority Care at 31st December, 1966.
| Mentally Ill | Elderly mentally infirm | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | ||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1. Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1966 | 3 | 6 | 107 | 221 | 337 | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| 2. (a) Attending day training centre | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 45 |
| Awaiting entry thereto | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (6) Resident in a residential training centre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence therein | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Receiving home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Resident in L.H.A. home/ hostel | — | — | 9 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | — | — | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Receiving home visits and not included (a) to (d) | 3 | 6 | 92 | 212 | 313 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3. No. of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.66: In urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 4. No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1966: To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Elsewhere | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 6 |