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Brent 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 18MENTAL HEALTHPatients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1969

Table 18

MENTAL HEALTH

Patients under Local Authority care at 31st December, 1969

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, 1969--13822135915585195177612
2 Attending training centre or day centre 3 Awaiting entry thereto--16 421 537 988455850241*
4 Receiving home training----------
5 Awaiting home training----------
6 Resident in L.A. home/hostel--81422--5-5
7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel----------
8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels--571217461138
9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household--2573-5513
10 Attending day hospitals-----1---1
11 Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2-10--1031672704636120111313
No. of patients in L.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.69 In urgent need of hospital care--4711631-10
Not in urgent need of hospital care-----20119141
No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1969 to N.H.S. Hospitals-----292721068
Elsewhere-----12-14
* Includes patients attending centres administered by other local authorities.