[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council.

  • Middlesex (England). County Council. n 99020326.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 37 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1961 Referred by Mentally Ill Sub Normal and Severely Sub Normal Under age 16 Over age 16 Total Under age 16 Over age 16 Total M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. General practitioners 9 3 L225 1,918 3>I55 2 3 1 1 7 Hospitals, on discharge from in¬ patient treatment — 1 145 246 392 2 2 4 4 12 Hospitals, after or during out¬ patient or day treatment — 2 77 149 228 7 15 3 — 25 Local education authorities — — — — — 29 22 54 46 I5I Police and courts .. — — 104 96 200 —• 1 — — 1 Other sources 3 5 3°4 469 781 74 65 25 28 192 Total 12 11 L855 2,878 4>756 114 108 87 79 388* * In addition to the above a further 83 cases were referred during 1961. 23 cases required no action under the Mental Health Act, the other 60 had not been classified at the end of the year. Table 38 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers (a) Mental Illness Visits made by mental welfare officers for all divisions Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers (b) Mental Subnormality Visits to those under County Council’s community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers .. .. . . . . . . .. .. 75238 14,404 1 >472 1,813 K
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