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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE I
Mentally III Patients under Local Authority Care at 31st December, 1967.
| Mentally III | 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, 1967 | 5 | 5 | 202 | 252 | 464 | 52 | 64 | 116 |
| 2. (a) Attending day training centre | — | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 35 | 63 |
| Awaiting entry thereto | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| (b) Resident in a residential training centre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence therein | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Receiving home training.. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Resident in L.H.A. home/ hostel | — | — | 5 | 9 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Receiving home visits and not included (a) to (d) .. | 5 | 5 | 185 | 234 | 429 | 17 | 25 | 42 |
| 3. No. of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67: In urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4. No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1967: To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | 6 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| Elsewhere | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |