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 Hillingdon]
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The following table gives an indication of the number of children between five and fifteen years of age who have been reported under Section 57 during the past few years and those who are placed informally by the Local Health Authority, and thus who are on the Registers of that Authority:—
SECTION 57 CASES | INFORMAL CASES | |||||||||||
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Mongols | Boys Other Mental Defect | Total | Mongols | Girls Other Mental Defect | Total | Mongols | Boys Other Mental Defect | Total | Mongols | Girls Other Mental Defect | Total | |
1961 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | |
1960 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1959 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
1958 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
1957 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1956 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1955 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1954 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
1953 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1952 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1951 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1950 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 |