London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| (a) | ||
| Visits made by mental welfare officers | 7,729 | |
| Compulsory Admissions | 162 | |
| Informal Admissions | 215 | |
| (b) | ||
| Visits to those under community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers | 1,812 | |
| Compulsory Admissions | 4 | |
| Informal Admissions | 15 |
| 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 | — | 90 | 174 | 265 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Hospitals, on discharge from Inpatient treatment | — | — | 20 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Hospitals, after or during Outpatient or day treatment | — | — | 26 | 53 | 79 | 3 | 6 | — | — | 9 |
| Local Education Authorities | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 10 |
| Police and Courts | 1 | — | 15 | 18 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other sources | — | 1 | 126 | 169 | 296 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 1 | 277 | 434 | 714 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 76 |