[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough] page 66

Kensington and Chelsea 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS 1969

		Quarter Ended						Total 1969	Total 1968
		29.3	28.6		27.9	27.12		Total 1969	Total 1968
1. Numbers referred by
(i) Hospitals (in-patients)		101	80		93	82		356	361
(ii) Hospitals (outpatients)		49	60		42	44		195	189
(iii) General practitioners		57	52		61	42		212	221
(iv) Police or Courts		11	10		5	6		32	21
(v) Other non-medical		148	116		137	95		496	476
TOTALS		366	318		338	269		1,291	1,268
2. Mental category of above
(i) Mentally ill		340	294		315	245		1,194	1,162
(ii) Subnormal or severely subnormal		26	24		23	24		97	105
(iii) Psychopathic		Nil	Nil		Nil	Nil		Nil	1
3. Initially admitted to hospital
(i) Informally		48	30		18	23		119	140
(ii) Compulsory
Section 25 (observation)		46	55		64	23		188	162
Section 26 (treatment)		9	6		5	4		24	31
Section 29 (emergency)		19	20		25	18		82	88
Other		Nil	Nil		Nil	1		1	4
TOTALS		122	111		112	69		414	425
4. Final Disposals (including patients initially admitted to hospital)
(i) No further action		153	118		131	110		512	446
(ii) Hospital care		122	111		112	69		414	425
(iii) Community care		107	75		97	75		354	355
TOTALS		382	304		340	254		1,280	1,226

5. Community Care	Under care 31.12.68	Referred during 1969		Withdrawn from care 1969			Under care 31.12.69
5. Community Care	622	354		189			787