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Brent 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 19Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1968

Table 19

Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December, 1968

Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
MFMFMFMF
General practitioners—390170263——112
Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment--71102173_-325
Hospitals, after or during out - patient or day treatment1-386810797--16
Local education authorities-----1126625
Police and courts1—191939-----
Other sources——891632521597233
Total233075228343518171181

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 officers4,061
Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers195
Informal admission 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 workers1,914

Table: WELFARE OF THE BLIND Table 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 53
5 — 1511
16 — 208
21 —2921
30 — 3920
40 — 4942
50 — 5968
60 — 6452
65—6950
70 — 79131
80 — 8466
85 — 8941
90 and over38
Total551