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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
Waltham Forest 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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(b) Number of patients awaiting entry to hospital, or admitted for temporary residential care during 1966
| MENTALLY ILL | ELDERLY MENTAL | SUBNORMAL | SEVERELY SUBNORMAL | TOTAL SUBNORMAL AND SEVERELY SUBNORMAL | GRAND TOTAL OF COLS. 1 - 16 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDER 10 | 16 & OVER | INFIRM | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | ||
| A. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.66 | |||||||||||||||||
| (i) in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (ii) not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| (iii) Total | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| B. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||||||||
| (i) to N.H.S. hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| (ii) to L.A. residential accommodation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (iii) Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| (iv) Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 42 |