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Hounslow 1966

[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 1966

Table 23 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December 1966

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Referred byUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General Practitioners-1163279443-----
Hospitals, on discharge from inpatient treatment--81118199-----
Hospitals, after or during outpatient or day treatment--212546--1-1
Local education authorities—1—12659828
Police and courts—-191130--1—1
Other sources--71110181414211
Total-2355544901106151041

Table: Table 24 Work of mental health social workers during 1966

Table 24 Work of mental health social workers during 1966

Mental illnessMental subnormality
Visits made26831186
Office interviews28787
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals156-
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals11524