Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 20
Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1965.
Mentally ill | Sub-normal and severely sub-normal | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | — | — | 224 | 524 | 748 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | - | - | 56 | 44 | 100 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Hospitals, after or during out - patient or day treatment | - | - | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
Local education authorities | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
Police and courts | — | — | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
Other sources | — | — | 32 | 27 | 59 | 8 | — | 1 | — | 9 |
Total | - | - | 323 | 611 | 934 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 48 |
Table 21
Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.
(a) | Mental Illness: Visits made by mental welfare officers | 1,575 |
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers | 146 | |
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers | 196 | |
(b) | Mental sub-normality: Visits to those under Council's community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers | 1,069 |
WELFARE OF THE BLIND Table 22
Classification of Registered Blind Persons by Age Groups.
Age Group | No. |
---|---|
Under 5 | 4 |
5 — 15 | 9 |
16 — 20 | 7 |
21—29 | 14 |
30 — 39 | 19 |
40 — 49 | 46 |
50 — 59 | 80 |
60 — 64 | 47 |
65—69 | 53 |
70 — 79 | 103 |
80 — 84 | 47 |
85 — 89 | 59 |
90 and over | 37 |
Total | 525 |