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Community Care
Mental Health
The Chief Mental Welfare Officer, Mr. L. R. Bradbury reports:—
STAFF
During 1969 the field staff establishment was increased by two Mental Welfare Officers. The
establishment now is:—
Chief Mental Welfare Officer
Deputy Chief Mental Welfare Officer
Seven Mental Welfare Officers
The Deputy Chief Mental Welfare Officer was successful in being accepted for the one year
course leading to the Certificate of Social Welfare, and was seconded by the Borough. At the end
of the year there remained an unfilled vacancy for a Mental Welfare Officer.
Work statistics of Mental Welfare Officers are as follows:—
(a) Mental illness:
Visits made by Mental Welfare Officers 3,683
Compulsory Admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals 201
Informal admissions to Psychiatric Hospitals 87
Office interviews 147
(b) Mental Subnormality:
Visits to those under Borough Community Care 845
Office interviews 17
The subnormal cases visited by Mental Welfare Officers are over 16 years of age. The Health
Visitors visit those under 16 years, and at the end of the year there were 151 cases who had received
220 visits. The Health Visitors visits are not included in total visits made by Mental Welfare Officers.