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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
Ealing 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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work of mental health social workers for ten months to 31 st december, 1965
| Mental illness | Subnormal | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visits to patients' homes | 2,766 | 303 | 3,069 |
| Visits to patients in hospital | 314 | 16 | 330 |
| Visits to patients in places of employment, etc. | 117 | 56 | 173 |
| Office interviews | 133 | 17 | 150 |
| 3,330 | 392 | 3,722 | |
| Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental health social workers .. | 217 | 1 S.25 2S.60 | 220 |
| Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals arranged and conducted by mental health social workers | 162 | 11 | 173 |
| 379 | 14 | 393 |
Total number of referrals from all sources (new and old cases) 1,719, of which
187 were stand-by calls.
mental health—number of patients referred during ten months
ended 31st december, 1965
| Referred by | –16 | 16+ | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| General Practitioners | – | – | 116 | 171 | 287 |
| Hospital on discharge from in-patient treatment | – | – | 139 | 288 | 427* |
| Hospital during or after out-patient or day treatment | – | – | 15 | 31 | 46 |
| Local education authorities | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Police and courts | – | – | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Other sources | 1 | 2 | 82 | 111 | 196 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 379 | 631 | 1,013 |
* Includes 171 after-care cases sent by Middlesex Divisions on change-over.
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