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Belford Training Centre, Faringdon Avenue, Harold Hill, and is
now well established after some 3½ year’s duration. It provides
opportunities for those in the community who find difficulty in
making social contact. Attendance has been very good throughout
the year although travel difficulty is experienced by some members
of the Club. Prospective members in the south of the Borough
find the journey by public transport difficult. Several evening
outings were arranged during the year, also a number of social
occasions and a Christmas party. Plans are being made for new
ventures during the forthcoming year. The Club is supervised
by Mental Welfare Officers of this Department, and a Social
Worker from Warley Hospital. The majority of referrals are from
Warley Hospital although membership is open to any person in
the Borough of Havering who has a nervous difficulty, and their
partners or friends.
Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals
During 1968, the Department’s social workers authorised
under the 1959 Mental Health Act as mental welfare officers
took 115 people to psychiatric hospitals on Statutory Orders
under the Act 14 of these went in under Section 25, 1 under
Section 26, and 100 under Section 29. The equivalent figures
for 1967 were 121. (20 under Section 25. 3 under Section 26, and
98 under Section 29). In addition, 60 others were aided with
informal admissions to hospital (30 in 1967).
Admissions to Hospitals
Year Year
ending ending
31.12.68 31.12.67
Mental Health Act, 1959 Section 25 — 14 20
Section 26—1 3
Section 29 - 100 98
Section 60—2 —
Informal — 60 30
Total 177 151
The total number of admissions from the Borough to Warley
Hospital during 1968 was approximately 682 compared with
635 in 1967.
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