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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
Harrow 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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TABLE III
Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers. 1st January—31st December, 1966.
| (a) Mental Illness | |
| Visits made by mental welfare officers | 6,448 |
| Compulsory Admissions | 115 |
| Informal Admissions | 185 |
| (b) Mental Subnormality | |
| Visits to those under community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers | 1,434 |
TABLE IV
Number of Patients Referred During Year Ended 31st December, 1966.
| Referred by | Mentally III | Subnormal and severely subnormal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | Under age 16 | Aged 16 and over | Total | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| General Practitioners | — | 1 | 92 | 161 | 254 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hospitals, on discharge from Inpatient treatment | — | — | 26 | 36 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Hospitals, after or during out-Patient or day treatment | — | 2 | 75 | 115 | 192 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Local Education Authorities | 4 | — | 3 | — | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Police and Courts | 2 | — | 19 | 16 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other sources | 2 | — | 119 | 225 | 346 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 3 | 334 | 553 | 898 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 60 |