Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The proposed re-organisation of the National Health Service and
the Psychiatric Services in Area 7 will highlight even further the
limitations of the present building.
Seventy-eight children from the borough were investigated
and taken on for treatment (1970-71). There has been no great
change in the proportion of children referred by different agencies.
Medical Officers in Department and General Practitioners
continue to refer more than half the children seen at this Clinic.
Close co-operation was maintained with the other disciplines
in the field of education and child care. Efforts will continue to
be made to improve communications with Medical Officers in
Department, Head Teachers, Education Welfare Officers, Department
of Social Services, Probation Officers and Health Visitors.
Some inter-disciplinary Case Conferences were held at the Clinic.
The staff also continued to have quarterly meetings with the
Tutorial Teachers at St. Paul's Wood Hill Unit. Eight Students
attended the Clinic: —
2 Mental Health Students 1 Probation Student
1 Post Graduate Medical Student 2 Education Students
2 Health Visitor Students
Details of referrals and attendances during the year are as follows: —
Waiting List: | |
(a) Awaiting first interview | 34 |
(b) Interviews and awaiting treatment | Nil |
In attendance: — | |
(a) Active | 100 |
(b) Periodic Review (holiday cases) | 16 |
Number of cases closed | 100 |
Number of applications withdrawn: — (Failed repeatedly to attend for diagnostic interview) | 15 |
Source of referral: — | |
Probation Officers | 3 |
Court | 3 |
Head Teachers | 10 |
Medical Officers in Department | 22 |
General Practitioners | 27 |
Parents | 3 |
Social Services Department | 7 |
Hospital (Paediatricians and Psychiatrists) | 14 |
Chief Education Officer | 5 |
School Psychological Service | 8 |
Others | 6 |
Total | 108 |