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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 1967
[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 1967
| MEN TALLY ILL | ELDERLY MENTAL IN Fl RM | PSY CHOPATHIC | SUBNORMAL | SEVERELY SUBNORMAL | TO TAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN DER 16 | 16 & OVER | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | UNDER 16 | 16 & OVER | ||||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| A. Number of patients in L.H.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| (ii) not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| (iii) Total | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 5 |
| B. Number of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) to N.H.S. hospitals | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 29 |
| (ii) to L.A. residential accommodation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (iii) elsewhere | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 71 |
| (iv) Total | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 100 |