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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

Brent 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 20Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1965.

Table 20

Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1965.

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General practitioners——22452474821——3
Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment--5644100--213
Hospitals, after or during out - patient or day treatment--811194--15
Local education authorities—————775928
Police and courts——358-----
Other sources——3227598—1—9
Total--32361193421881148

Table: Table 21Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.

Table 21

Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.

(a)Mental Illness: Visits made by mental welfare officers1,575
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers146
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers196
(b)Mental sub-normality: Visits to those under Council's community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers1,069

Table: WELFARE OF THE BLIND Table 22Classification of Registered Blind Persons by Age Groups.

WELFARE OF THE BLIND Table 22

Classification of Registered Blind Persons by Age Groups.

Age GroupNo.
Under 54
5 — 159
16 — 207
21—2914
30 — 3919
40 — 4946
50 — 5980
60 — 6447
65—6953
70 — 79103
80 — 8447
85 — 8959
90 and over37
Total525