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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
Brent 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 19
MENTAL HEALTH
Patients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1965.
| Mentally ill | Sub-normal and severely sub-normal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| 1 Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1965 | - | - | 136 | 232 | 368 | 96 | 61 | 175 | 169 | 501 |
| 2 (a) Attending day training centre | - | - | 6 | 17 | 23 | 55 | 35 | 42 | 55 | 187* |
| Awaiting entry thereto | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| (b) Resident in a residential training centre | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Awaiting residence therein | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| (c) Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Resident in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Resident at L.A. expense in other residential homes/ hostels | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| (e) Receiving home visits and not included in (a) to (d) | - | - | 126 | 199 | 325 | 21 | 7 | 118 | 99 | 245 |
| 3 No. of patients in L.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.65 In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 10 | - | 4 | 29 |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 11 |
| 4 No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1965 To N.H.S. Hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 52 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| * Includes patients attending centres administered by other local authorities. | ||||||||||