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 Westminster, City of]
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Table 42.—Home Help Service
A. Applications received during year | |||||||
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Area | Aged 65 and Over | Aged under 65 | |||||
T.B. | Chronic Sick | Mentally Disordered | Maternity | Others | Total | ||
Paddington | 456 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 19 | 90 | 624 |
St. Marylebone | 307 | _ | 28 | _ | 16 | 36 | 387 |
Westminster | 425 | 6 | 26 | — | 21 | 40 | 518 |
Total | 1,188 | 9 | 103 | 7 | 56 | 166 | 1,529 |
B. Number of cases during theyear. | |||||||
Paddington | 1,035 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 16 | 82 | 1,242 |
St. Marylebone | 559 | 2 | 41 | — | 9 | 34 | 645 |
Westminster | 705 | 11 | 35 | — | 10 | 47 | 808 |
Total | 2,299 | 20 | 170 | 8 | 35 | 163 | |
C. Cases receiving service as at 31st December 1966. | |||||||
Paddington | 646 | 1 | 51 | 4 | - | 18 | 720 |
St. Marylebone | 302 | - | 16 | - | - | 4 | 322 |
Westminster | 463 | 6 | 12 | — | 1 | 16 | 498 |
Total | 1,411 | 7 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 1,540 |
Table 43.—Mental Health Service—Number of Patients referred to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1966
Referred by | Mentally III | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | ||||||||||
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Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 i | 16 and over | Total | |||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
(a) General practitioners | - | - | 90 | 142 | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 233 | |
(b) Hospitals, on discharge from inpatient treatment | _ | 1 | 94 | 76 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 177 |
(c) Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment | 88 | 110 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 202 | ||||
1 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | 39 | |
(e) Police and courts | — | — | 54 | 27 | — | - | 1 | — | - | — | - | — | 82 |
Cf) Other sources | - | - | 144 | 303 | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | - | 1 | 479 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 475 | 659 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 12 | — | 3 | 1,212 |
Table 44.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged
SECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT | ||||||
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Informal | Sec. 25 | Sec. 26 | Sec. 29 | Sec. 136 | Sec. 60 | Total |
101 | 145 | 8 | 238 | 3 | 9 | 504 |