[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Child contacts made 2325 attendances, 58 Student Nurses attended for skin tests and 9 received Bo Co Go vaccination School Children The scheme for BoC-Go Vaccination of children aged between 13 and 14 years of age continued during the year. Parents Notified Children Tested Mantoux Negative Given B.C.G. Vaccination Mantoux Fbsi tive Number X-rayed Chest Normal 1648 812 538 538 274 251 251 Following the receipt of circular 7/59 a scheme to extend BoCoGo Vaccination to school children of fourteen years and over and students attending Universities* Teachers Training (Colleges, Technical Colleges or other establishments of further education was approved by the Minister of Health during the year, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC (ST, CATHERINE* S HOSPITAL ANNEXE). M. F. Total No, of cases referred to Clinic by D.A.O.^s 2 2 4 No o of cases referred from Clinic to D.A.O.s 28 21 49 NO ACTION CASES In these cases after investigation it was found that action under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts was not necessary. Assistance was afforded in appropriate cases and when necessary were referred to the official or voluntary body most likely to help them. No further action To Chronic Sick wards To Welfare Officer To Police M. F. Total 12 6 18 3 3 6 1 - 1 1 - 1 AFTER CARE CASES* Discharged from mental hospitals or Psychiatric clinics. M. F. Total Referred for After care 41 26 67 Refusing After care 5 = 5 LUNACY AND MENTAL TREATMENT ACTS. Admissions to mental hospitals Lunacy Act* 1890, (as amended] M F Total Section 20(3 day detention order) Section 21(14 0 \ ) 113 102 215 4 16 20 Section 16(Certification) 85 96 181 Section 5(PHvate Patients) - - -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927539_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
