Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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(a) Distribution of cases under care
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
patients under L.H.A. care
at 31.12.55.
mentally ill
psychopathic
subnormal
severely subnormal
total subnormal and
severely subnormal
grand
total
of cols.
1-16
under 16
16 & over
under 16
16 & over
under 16
16 & over
under 10
16 & over
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
under 16
16 & over
(1)
(2
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(121
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(i8)
(10)
(i) Total number
-
1
76
84
-
-
-
-
17
8
246
185
40
33
78
50
98
559
818
(ii) Attending day training
centre
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
36
21
28
26
36
21
62
114
176
Awaiting entry thereto
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
(iii) Resident in residential
training care
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Awaiting residence therein
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(iv) Receiving home training
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Awaiting home training
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(v) Resident in L.A. Home/
Hostel
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Awaiting residence in L.A.
Home/Hostel
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Resident at L.A. expense
in other residential Homes/
Hostels
-
-
7
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
4
1
1
-
-
2
6
17
Resident at L.A. expense
by boarding out in private
households
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
(vi) Receiving home visits and
not included under (ii) to (v):-
Suitable to attend a
training centre
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Others
-
1
69
82
-
-
-
-
13
3
208
160
10
6
42
29
32
439
623
Guardianship: Admission to guardianship during the year Nil Total number under guardianship at end of year Nil
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