[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 84

London County Council 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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eligible cases direct to the nominated persons, but in fact no eligible persons needing
assistance were brought to notice during the year.
The Council made a further contribution of £200 to the National Association
for Mental Health in recognition of the Association's various general services in the
field of mental health for which the Association receives no specific payment from
local health authorities.
The Institute of Social Psychiatry again received a grant of 90 per cent. of the
cost of the occupation centre and the five psychotherapeutic social clubs administered
by the Institute to benefit mentally sick persons living in the community and needing
social readjustment.
Medical
Adviser
on
mental
health
Dr. A. A. W. Petrie, C.B.E., retired on 31st March, 1951, and was succeeded by
Dr. J. A. Herd, M.D., Ch.B., D.P.M., D.I.H., as part-time medical adviser on mental
health. His duties with the Council include advice on all matters relating to mental
health (except those relating to child guidance and mental deficiency), the medical
supervision of the work of the mental welfare officers and of the care and after care
services for persons suffering from psychiatric illness.

Table: Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913-1938 The following table shows the sources from which cases have been brought to notice under the Mental Deficiency Acts and the action taken thereon:—

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Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913-1938 The following table shows the sources from which cases have been brought to notice under the Mental Deficiency Acts and the action taken thereon:—

Sources of information	1948	1949	1950	1951	Totals from 1.4.14 to 31.12.51
Supervision section	15	8	12	8	1,561
Local education authority	389	357	439	453	14,983
Police Authority (Section 8)	32	28	39	31	1,941
Transfers from Prison (Section 9)	1	1	1		229
Transfers from approved school (Section 9)	3	5	2	2	565
From hospitals and institutions	87	111	89	103	390
Miscellaneous	140	168	157	187	10,300
Total	667	678	739	784	29,969

Table: Position at 31st December, 1951, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table, together with the position on the same date in the three preceding years:—

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Position at 31st December, 1951, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table, together with the position on the same date in the three preceding years:—

	1948	1949	1950	1951
Detained in institutions	7,671*	7,720*	7,767*	7,809*
Discharged from institutional care	2,393	2,584	2,738	2,902
Removed to Mental Hospitals	495	509	522	543
Not subject for action	8,818	9,098	9,403	9,668
Died	4,119	4,251	4,380	4,523
Total removed from active list	23,496	24,162	24,810	25,445
Under guardianship	330	246	229	221
In places of safety awaiting the presentation of a petition	6	11	5	8
Under supervision	3,853†	3.964†	4.092†	4,222†
In institutions awaiting the presentation of a petition	21	54	45	52
Still under consideration	62	9	4	21
Total remaining on active list	4,272‡	4,284‡	4,375‡	4,524‡
Grand Total	27,768	28,446	29,185	29,969

Table: * This figure includes cases on licence who are visited at regular intervals by officers of the Council on behalf of the Regional hospital boards as follows:—

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* This figure includes cases on licence who are visited at regular intervals by officers of the Council on behalf of the Regional hospital boards as follows:—

1948	1949	1950	1951
353	338	366	352

Table: † In addition to the cases under supervision persons known to the local authority to be mentally defective but not subject to bo dealt with, are visited on a voluntary basis.

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† In addition to the cases under supervision persons known to the local authority to be mentally defective but not subject to bo dealt with, are visited on a voluntary basis.

1948	1949	1950	1951
999	970	968	1,020

Table: ‡ Of these the following were awaiting institutional care.

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‡ Of these the following were awaiting institutional care.

1948	1949	1950	1951
70	135	139	154

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Table: Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913-1938 The following table shows the sources from which cases have been brought to notice under the Mental Deficiency Acts and the action taken thereon:—

Table: Position at 31st December, 1951, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table, together with the position on the same date in the three preceding years:—

Table: * This figure includes cases on licence who are visited at regular intervals by officers of the Council on behalf of the Regional hospital boards as follows:—

Table: † In addition to the cases under supervision persons known to the local authority to be mentally defective but not subject to bo dealt with, are visited on a voluntary basis.

Table: ‡ Of these the following were awaiting institutional care.