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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

Enfield 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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MENTAL HEALTH

Table: Table 25Number of Patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1965

Table 25

Number of Patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1965

Referred byMentally 111Sub-normal and Severely Sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General Practitioners21931562522-1-3
Hospitals, on discharge from inpatient treatment-16269132--112
Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment--75107182-11-2
Local Education Authority-----513-9
Police and Courts--7512-----
Other Sources--4566111419317
Total2228240368911315433

Table: Table 26 Work of Mental Welfare Officers

Table 26 Work of Mental Welfare Officers

(a) Mental Illness:
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals122
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals84
No. of Visits and Office Interviews4,843
(b) Mental Sub-normality :
No. of Visits and Office Interviews to those under the Council's community care1,012

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DOMESTIC HELP

Table: Table 27Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1965

Table 27

Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1965

Aged 65 years or over at time of first visitAged Under 65 years on First VisitOthersTotal
MaternityChronic SickTuberculousMentally Disordered
1,587249159742882,294