[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.
- Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) disposal Males Females Tota Hospital admission— (a) observation . 134 185 31S (b) voluntary. 34 38 72 (c) temporary. — — - (d) certifiable. 53 93 14< Referred to other departments or agencies .. 13 17 3( No further action necessary . 47 88 13! Total. 281 421 70 (c) subsequent disposal of patients admitted to mental hospitals for observation Disposal Males Females Tot, Voluntary. 44 59 10 Certified . 51 96 14 Discharged. 20 17 3 Died . 4 6 1 Pending disposal. 15 7 Total. 134 185 3ll (d) patients admitted direct into mental hospitals Males Females Totl Voluntary patients . 155 135 2<J In addition, 60 patients (24 males and 36 females) were dealt with on of other local authorities. Prevention, care and after-care Under this section no division between prevention, care and after-care| be made satisfactorily. To be constructive, this Service depends at all careful, personal work. It calls for a knowledge of psychiatric conditions] the appropriate use of statutory and voluntary social services, whilst cc and diverse problems require skill and training in human relationships. At present the Mental Health Service has two full-time psychiatric workers and, in an endeavour to play its part in remedying the serious she of these workers, the City Council has approved the recruitment of a psychiatric social worker.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29785753_0082.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
