[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent] page 44

Brent 1970

[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, 1970

	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	I-	M	F	Total	M	F	M	F	Total
	1 Number of patients under care at 31st December, 1970	—	—	125	232	357	169	87	201	184	641
2 Attending training centre or day centre	—	—	24	26	50	105	51	56	61	273*
3 Awaiting entry thereto	—	—	2	8	10	—	—	5	4	9
4 Receiving home training	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5 Awaiting home training	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6 Resident in L.A. home/hostel	—	—	12	16	28	—	—	8	3	11
7 Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel	—	—	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
8 Resident at L.A. expense in other homes/hostels	—	—	8	12	20	18	4	7	11	40
9 Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household	—	—	5	7	12	2	—	5	6	13
10 Attending day hospitals	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	2
11 Receiving home visits and not included in lines 2—10	—	—	73	162	235	42	32	120	99	293
No. of patients in L.A. area on waiting list for admission to hospital at 31.12.70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
In urgent need of hospital care	—	—	3	6	9	8	6	—	—	14
Not in urgent need of hospital care	—	—	—	—	—	15	5	—	4	24
No. of admissions for temporary residential care (e.g. to relieve the family) during 1970 to N.H.S. Hospitals	—	—	—	—	—	59	29	3	7	98
Elsewhere	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	2	—	7

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* Includes patients attending centres administered by other local authorities.