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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 18
MENTAL HEALTH
Patients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1967.
| 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, 1967 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 307 | 536 | 111 | 67 | 181 | 174 | 533 |
| 2 Attending training centre | - | - | 6 | 3 | 9 | 64 | 34 | 51 | 59 | 208* |
| 3 Awaiting entry thereto | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 Receiving home training | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 Resident in LA. home/hostel | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | - | — | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 Attending day hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2—10 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 291 | 502 | 25 | 22 | 107 | 97 | 251 |
| No. of patients in L.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.67 In urgent need of hospital care | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| Not in urgent need of hospital care | — | — | — | — | - | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1967 to N.H.S. Hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 66 |
| Elsewhere | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 |
| *Includes patients attending centres administered by other local authorities. | ||||||||||