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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
East Ham 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| 1941. | 1940. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| (b)(1) Under Guardianship (excluding cases on Licence) | ||||||
| Under 16 years of age | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Aged 16 years and over | 21 | 19 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| (2) On Licence from Guardianship | ||||||
| Under 16 years of age | - | - | - | — | ||
| Aged 16 years and over | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2. In "PLACES OF SAFETY". | ||||||
| Under 16 years of age | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| After 15 years and over | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 3. UNDER STATUTORY SUPERVISION.* | 53 | 57 | 110 | 66 | 60 | 126 |
| Of whom | ||||||
| Awaiting removal to an Institution | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 4. Action not yet taken under any one of the above headings: | ||||||
| (a)Notified by Local Education Authorities. (Sec 2 (2) | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |
| (b)Mental Defectives in receipt of poor relief:- | ||||||
| (1) Institutional; | ||||||
| (a) In Public Assistance Institutions, and Municipal General Hospitals not approved Under Sec. 37 | - | - | - | - | ||
| (b) In Institutions certified under the M.D. Acts (including those approved under Sec. 37,):- | ||||||
| (1) Cases "placed tinder Section 3 | - | - | - | |||
| (2) Other Cases | - | - | - | - | - | |
| (2) Domiciliary. | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| (c) Otherwise ascertained | - | - | - | |||
| B. Number of Mental Defectives not at present "subject to be dealt with" but for whom the Local Authority may subsequently become liable:- | ||||||
| 1. In Institutions or under Guardianship - dealt with under Sec, 3:- | ||||||
| (a) In regard to whom the Local Authority contributed under Its permissive powers: | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| (b) Maintained wholly or by parents, relatives or others * Plus 28 evacuated to other areas | - | - | - | |||
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