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Dental Services
The opportunity has been taken this year to develop the preventive side of
the dental service for this group of persons. A senior dental officer visits
the Junior Training Centre each week to polish the children's teeth. Apart
from its value as a preventive measure it introduces the children to simple
dental instrumentation. In addition they come to accept the dentist as a friend.
A dental auxiliary visits Millfields Special Care Unit to clean the children's
teeth with an electric toothbrush. So accepted has this become that three of
the 20 parents have now bought brushes of their own, to continue the good work
at home. Some of these children have been treated at normal dental surgeries,
but early in the New Year a special surgery is to be set up at the Senior
Training Centre thus providing an extension of facilities. A mobile drill
is sometimes used to treat a few of the children at the Centres themselves.
STATISTICS
Mental Illness 1967 1968
Number of referrals during the year 397 361
The final arrangements made for these referrals were as follows:-
No further action 84 57
Hospital care:-
Admitted informally 177 163
Admitted compulsorily 9 40
Psychiatric out-patient or day hospital 12 14
Admitted to general hospital 3 7
Number taken into Council's community care 109 87
Number taken into other community care 3 3
A further breakdown of the persons taken into Council's community care
during the year, showing the type of care arranged, was as follows:-
Admitted to residential home, hostel, convent, etc. 3 6
Receiving visits from Mental Health Social Worker 109 87
Attendance at day rehabilitation centre 31 33
Attendance at day centre 21 20
Note - Some people were receiving more than one type of care
Total number of mentally ill persons receiving
community care at the end of the year 368 441
Mental Subnormality 1967 1968
Number of new cases during the year 93 104
The final arrangements made for these new cases was as follows:-
No further action 19 41
Number taken into Council's community care 72 60
Other community care 2 3
A further breakdown of the persons taken into Council's community care
during the year, showing the type of care arranged, was as follows:-
Admission to private homes, etc. 2 11
Receiving visits from Mental Health Social Worker 72 57
Attendance at training centre 22 16
Admission to Special Care Unit 18 2
Other type of community care 2 2
Note - Some people were receiving more than one type of care
Total number of mentally subnormal persons receiving
community care at the end of the year 521 559