[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.
- Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![City of Manchester. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE (Section 51). Proposals Approved by the Minister of Health Introductory. 1. The Service ” Title, Date of Operation, and, Review of Existing Arrangements. sovvim, to be provided shall be known as “ The City of Manchester Mental (referred to m these proposals as “ the Service.”). Health Date of operation. a„LTthLSerViAShal! 5? 0perable frT 5th JuIy> 1948 (‘he appointed day under the Act), and subject to such Regulations as may be prescribed by the Minister. Existing arrangements. underF?wothheadSgsSe:- reVi°Wing tho existin? th« arrangements are classified (а) Lunacy and Mental Treatment, and (б) Mental Deficiency. Lunacy and Mental Treatment. 4. With regard to Lunacy—Section 2 (2) of the Lunacv Act ism m +i ment, with the approval of the Minister, of a Relieving Officer in each Corlnty Borough JodSbe such duties as are required in respect of persons of unsound mind. For many veara t ree General Relieving Officers (two full-time and one part-time) have been so employed in the City! 5. The duties undertaken by these General Relieving Officers, who have actod authorised officers ” include, inter alia : enquiries into cases of mental illness ; interviewing relatives ; arrangements for the provision of a second medical certificate • arrangement™? the transport of voluntary patients, of patients needing temporary treatment of paSts to h? received under petition and of patients under Summary Reception Order'tothemanta! institution intended for them ; _ the conveyance under urgent order of acute and emergencv cases to an mstdution for a period of three days pending detention under the medical officer ;s certificate for a fortnight and a justice’s order thereafter for admission to an instTtutffin for more permanent treatment. m&ntution lor nn!a'ne<fntff however, where owing to shortage of suitable accommodation, it has not been possible to effect the removal of an acute case of lunacy, action has been taken by these General Relieving Officers, under a Summary Reception Order, for the removal of ./rvainni u * h orn home to a Mental Hospital, but again, owing to’ shortage tWe Hospitals, such action has been infrequent. imouauon m tliese Mental Deficiency. P 7’ WAth reSard to mental deficiency, the existing arrangements are that the Council’s Health ?imM i a(]cept initial responsibility regarding mentally defective children of pre-school acre I he Manchester Education Committee refers all caso-=i of inoHnMWo n i i • Vi 1 scnooi age. children, certifiable under the “ Committee, indicating whether institutional care is requiredand tl Soffte, no8 has rested upon that statutory body. The Manchester Social Weir , . sponsibility persons of l/years and over, Jthoogl it authority!1 SCh°°‘S P *° 18 °f age who are responsibility oT^caltS Officer has endeavoured to procure a vacancy in a local establishmlnt!’ D‘Strlot ReUevm«](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29785698_0316.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
