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Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts.
Work undertaken by the Mental Health Officers.
There is no change in the arrangements for obtaining the services of the Mental
Health Officers. A twenty-four hour rota system was in operation and calls for their
services after office hours continued to be made through Ambulance Control.
During the year, the Mental Health Officers carried out the following work and
visits in connection with these Acts:-
Calls received in connection with mental illness numbered 308 and were from:-
(a) General Practitioners 156
(b) (i) Goodmayes Mental Hospital 6l
(il) General Hospitals 22
(c) Other Agencies (police, relatives, etc.) 69
308
The total number of visits made was 680.
Disposal of Cases.
Two-hundred and forty-two were admitted to hospital:-
M
F
Total
(a) As voluntary patients
82
92
174
(b) As temporary patients
1
11
12
(c) Under Urgency Orders
11
16
27
(d) Under Summary Reception Orders
7
7
14
(e) For observation
8
7
15
109
133
242
These were admitted to the following hospitals:-
Goodmayes 223
St.Clement's (observation ward) 12
Others 7
The age incidence of these admissions was as follows:-
Sex
0 -
15 -
25 -
35 -
45 -
55 -
65 -
75 & over
TOTAL
Male
-
10
18
23
16
23
17
7
114
Female
-
5
19
20
24
28
19
13
128
TOTAL
-
15
37
43
40
51
36
20
242
It will be noted that 20 of these admissions were of persons aged 75 years or
over, with a total of 56 for persons aged 65 and over.
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