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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
Wandsworth 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Economics and Bedford College spent a period of a few weeks
on casework placements.
Nurses from Springfield Hospital Nurses Training School visited
the department for periods of one whole week as part of their
training in community mental health.
MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1959
STATISTICS for the year 1969
| Persons referred | Mentally ill | Psychopathic | Subnormal and severely subnormal | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) By general practitioners | 205 | 1 | 6 | 212 |
| (b) By hospitals (on discharge after in-patient treatment) | 84 | – | 2 | 86 |
| (c) By hospitals (during or after out-patient or day hospital treatment) | 133 | – | 8 | 141 |
| (d) By Inner London Education Authority | 25 | – | 85 | 110 |
| (e) By Police and/or Courts | 33 | – | 2 | 35 |
| (f) From other sources | 568 | – | 69 | 637 |
| Totals | 1,048 | 1 | 172 | 1,221 |
| (a) As informal patients | – | 2 | 51 | |
| (b) By statutory action (Sees. 25, 26 and 29) | 205 | 1 | 1 | 207 |
| (c) By Order of a Court (Sec. 60) | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Totals | 258 | 1 | 3 | 262 |
| (a) Attending day training centre or workshop | – | – | 198 | 198 |
| (b) Receiving home training | 18 | – | 10 | 28 |
| (c) Resident in local authority home/hostel | 16 | – | 4 | 20 |
| (d) Resident at local authority's expense in other home/ hostel | 15 | – | 11 | 26 |
| (e) Boarded-out at local authority's expense in private household | – | – | – | – |
| (f) Receiving home visits and not in any of the foregoing categories (a) to (e) | 620 | – | 585 | 1,205 |
| Totals | 669 | – | 808 | 1,477 |