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Mental Health Act 1959 Section 25 8
Section 26 1
Section 29 108
Section 60 2
Informal Admissions 40
Total 159
This total compares with a figure of 177 admissions in 1968,
which were either dealt with by order or assisted informally. The
total number of admissions from the Borough to Warley Hospital
during 1969 was 575 compared with 682 in the previous year.
Hostel Accommodation
The Council maintain Collier Lodge, a 26-bed residential
unit offering short-stay accommodation for the mentally ill. The
majority of those accommodated are in full-time employment, and
with assistance from psychiatric, social work and residential
staff, are able to rejoin society in due course. In view of the
short term nature of the stay in this Hostel, total occupancy
varied throughout the year, the average number of places occupied
being 20. At the 31st December, 1969, 21 patients were resident
in the Hostel.
Plans were being formulated at the end of the year to open
a Group Home for four ex-residents from this Hostel, where they
could be totally self-supporting.
Thursday Club
This social club, which meets once a week at the Belford
Centre, was established for ex-psychiatric patients and friends.
It provides opportunities for social contact to the unattached
and isolated, as well as for those who attend with their partners
or friends. Mental welfare officers and a social worker from
Warley Hospital attend regularly, and the majority of those attending
are referred from Warley Hospital.
HOMELESS FAMILIES
Prevention
The social work connected with preventive work forms a
heavy case load. The work is organised on a joint basis between
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