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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 42.—Mental Health Service—Number of Patients referred
to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1968
| Referred by | Mentally III | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 1968 | 1967 | |
| (a) General practitioners | _ | _ | 22 | 76 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 100 | 196 |
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | — | — | 133 | 185 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | 329 | 254 |
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | — | — | 47 | 63 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 113 | 242 |
| (d) Local education authorities | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 46 | 45 |
| (e.) Police and courts | — | — | 8 | 14 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 125 |
| (f.) Other sources | — | — | 162 | 269 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 478 | 466 |
| Total | 1 | — | 375 | 608 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1,098* | 1,328 |
• Excludes referrals for the purpose of obtaining admission to hospital. Numbers so admitted are shown in the following
table.
Table 43.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged
| Section of mental mealth act | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal | Sec. 25 | Sec. 26 | Sec. 29 | Sec. 136 | Sec 60 | ||
| 1968 | 157 | 168 | 3 | 219 | 1 | 35 | 583 |
| 1967 | 95 | 131 | 2 | 228 | — | 29 | 485 |
Table 44.—Mental Health Service—Number of cases in community care at end of year
| Mentally III | Subnormal | Severely subnormal | Grand Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | Under age 16 | 16 and over | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 1968 | 1967 | |
| (a) (i) Attending workshop/day | ||||||||||||||
| centre or training centre | — | — | 21 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 104 | 101 |
| (ii) Awaiting entry thereto | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| (b) (i) Receiving home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| (ii) Awaiting home training | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| (c) (i) Resident in L.A. home/ hostel | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 11 | 13 |
| (ii) Awaiting residence in L.A. home/hostel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (iii) Resident at L.A. expense in other residential homes/hostels | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 84 | 86 | ||
| (iv) Resident at L.A. expense by boarding out in private household | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (d) Receiving home visits and not included under (a) to (c) | — | — | 179 | 316 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 43 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 661 | 635 |
| Total number | — | — | 215 | 350 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 51 | 55 | 33 | 44 | 49 | 878 | 842 |