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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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| Subnormal | Severely Subnormal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Over age 16 | Total | Under age 16 | Over age 16 | Totalp | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 1. Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1968 | 44 | 23 | 85 | 82 | 234 | 48 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 167 |
| 2. (a) Attending day training | ||||||||||
| Centre | 32 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 42 | 35 | 21 | 15 | 113 |
| Awaiting entry thereto | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| (6) Resident in a residential training centre | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Awaiting residence therein | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (c) Receiving home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Resident in L.H.A. home/ hostel | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Awaiting residence in L.H.A. home/hostel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense in other residential homes/ hostels | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 8 |
| Resident at L.H.A. expense by boarding out in private household | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Receiving home visits and not included (a) to (d) | 6 | 15 | 59 | 53 | 133 | 2 | — | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1968: | ||||||||||
| To N.H.S. Hospitals | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| Elsewhere | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |