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Hounslow 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 22 Mentally disordered patients under the care of the Borough at 31 st December 1967

Table 22 Mentally disordered patients under the care of the Borough at 31 st December 1967

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
1Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1967--1342373716345120130358
2Attending training centre--931250384445177
3Awaiting entry to training centre-----4--26
4Receiving home training--------——
5Awaiting home training--------——
6Resident in LA home/hostel--11617-11—2
7Awaiting residence in LA home/hostel-------2-2
8Resident at LA expense in other homes/hostels--31114565824
9Resident at LA expense by boarding out in private households-----11136
10Attending day hospitals--11011-————
11Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2-10
(a) suitable to attend a training centre--38112491530
(b) others--107199306516163130
12Number of children not incuded in item 2 above because they do not come within the categories covered----------
13Number of persons included in item 6 above who reside in accommodation provided under the National Assistance Act, 1948----------
14Number of patients on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67
(a) In urgent need of hospital care-----23--5
(b) Not in urgent need of hospital care--1-114128
15Number of admissions for temporary resident care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1967
To NHS Hospitals--461010137232
Elsewhere-----11--2
16Admissions to guardianship during the year----------
17Total number under guardianship at end of year----------