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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 1967
[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, 1967.
| (a) | Mental Illness | |
| Visits made by mental welfare officers | 7,942 | |
| Compulsory Admissions | 58 | |
| Informal Admissions | 263 | |
| (b) | Mental Subnormality | |
| Visits to those under community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers | 1,825 |
TABLE IV
Number of Patients Referred During Year Ended 31st December, 1967.
| 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 | 3 | — | 137 | 245 | 385 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Hospitals, on discharge from Inpatient treatment | — | — | 23 | 39 | 62 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment | — | 2 | 26 | 70 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Local Education Authorities | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Police and Courts | — | — | 23 | 13 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other sources | 2 | 5 | 96 | 204 | 307 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| TOTAL | 5 | 7 | 305 | 571 | 888 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 60 |