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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
Redbridge 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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REFERRALS DURING YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1969 TABLE 1
| Referred by | Elderly Persons | Families | Handicapped Persons | Blind Persons | Deaf Person s | Grand Total | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - 75 | 75 + | Na of Children | - 18 | 18 + | - 18 | 18 + | - 18 | 18 + | |||||||||||||
| M | F | M | % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3/4 | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | '6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | |
| (a) General Practitioners | 8 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 106 | ||||||||
| (b) Hospitals, on discharge from in-patient treatment | 10 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 131 | |||||||||||
| (c) Hospitals, after or during out-patient or day treatment | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 93 | ||||||||||
| (d) Local Authority Depts. | 9 | 22 | 21 | 70 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 266 | |||
| (e) Government Depts. | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 55 | |||||||||
| (f) Voluntary, Charitable or Private Organisations | 5 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | '3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 67 | |||||||
| (g) Relatives or friends | 13 | 28 | 28 | 141 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 297 | ||||||||
| (h) Self | 8 | 22 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 140 | ||||||||
| (i) Other sources | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 31 | |||||||||||
| (i) TOTAL | 69 | 127 | 134 | 390 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1,186 | |
NOTES: Only one referral should be recorded for each client or family unless the local authority ceased to provide services after one referral
and before the next.
The five classifications are not mutually exclusive, and clients with a dual classification should be recorded in the most appropriate
category depending on the circumstances of the referral.
Date: 26.2.70.
Signed M. PERRY,
Principal Social Worker.