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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| Mentally III | Elderly Mentally Infirm | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Over age 16 | Total | Total | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 145 | 268 | 418 | 82 | 113 | 195 | |
| 2. (a) Attending day training centre | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 19 | 29 | 48 |
| Awaiting entry thereto | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (6) Resident in a residential training centre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence therein | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Receiving home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | 6 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | |
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | — | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Receiving home visits and not included (a) to (d) | 1 | 4 | 124 | 253 | 382 | 62 | 81 | 143 |
| 3. No. of Patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.68: | ||||||||
| In urgent need of hospital care . | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Not in need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4. No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1968: | ||||||||
| To N.H.S. Hospitals | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Elsewhere | — | — | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 |