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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 18MENTAL HEALTHPatients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1966.

Table 18

MENTAL HEALTH

Patients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1966.

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
1 Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1966--19628347910666176171519
2 Attending training centre--43767384856209*
3 Awaiting entry thereto---1119108441
4 Receiving home training----------
5 Awaiting home training----------
6 Resident in LA. home /hostel--4913---11
7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel---22-----
8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels--336551617
9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household---33825419
10 Attending day hospitals----------
11 Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2—10--1932724651011115103239
No. of patients in L.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.66 In urgent need of hospital care-----2110738
Not in urgent need of hospital care-----242311
No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1966 to N.H.S. Hospitals-----27101543
Elsewhere------2136

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* Includes patients attending centres administered by other local authorities.