An assessment of the feasibility of discharge of patients in hospitals for the subnormal.

Subnormals Under Community and Hospital Care

“…Birch, H. G., Richardson, S. A., Baird, D., Horobin, G. and Illsley, R. (1970), for example, carried out a survey of subnormality in the community in the City of Aberdeen. Studies of hospital populations have been reported by Cross (1954), Conacher (19G9) and McKeown and Teruel (1970). Investigations which have attempted to include both types of population have been reported by Primrose (1966), Craft and Miles (1967) and Inne^ and Kidd (1967).…”

Prevalence of Mental Illness among Mentally Handicapped People: Discussion Paper

“…Yet several writers also point out that a substantial proportion of their sample require no nursing or medical care. As mentioned earlier, Williams (1971) gives a figure of 38.8%; Leck and his colleagues (Leck et al 1967, McKeown & Leck 1967 suggest over half, based on an appraisal of medical, nursing and other needs, although consultants alone give a figure of 30% for adults and 14% for children (McKeown & Teruel 1970).…”