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Brent 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 19Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1966.

Table 19

Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1966.

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General practitioners31114273391-----
Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment--35761111-1-2
Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment--4595140451-10
Local education authorities-----937322
Police and courts——332760-----
Other sources——9720330013101125
Total313246741,002271810459

Table: Table 20Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.

Table 20

Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.

(a) Mental Illness:
Visits made by mental welfare officers3,384
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers196
Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers258
(b) Mental sub-normality:
Visits to those under Council's community care by mental welfare officers and mental health social workers1,024

Table: WELFARE OF THE BLINDTable 21Classification of Registered Blind Persons by Age Groups

WELFARE OF THE BLIND

Table 21

Classification of Registered Blind Persons by Age Groups

Age GroupNo.
Under 54
5—1510
16—2010
21—2913
30—3921
40—4945
50—5980
60—6445
65—6959
70—79119
80—8448
85—8957
90 and over36
Total547