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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

Hounslow 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Table 23 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December 1965

Table 23 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December 1965

Referred byMentally illTotalSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General Practitioners--88149237-----
Hospitals, on discharge from
inpatient treatment-—6988157——213
Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment--357811321--3
Local education authorities-——1189—825
Police and courts-—191433-----
Other sources-—651041692—349
Total-—276434710121051340

Table: Table 24 Work of mental health social workers April-December 1965

Table 24 Work of mental health social workers April-December 1965

Mental illnessMental subnormality
Visits made21441100
Office interviews22156
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals1082
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals10723