Annual report for the year 1959 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.

  • North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
[1960?]
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1959 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    D—INFORMATION AND DATA IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN. (1) Sources of referral. The following table gives a picture of the extent to which various agencies used the Service. All children referred during the year are included, but not all of them were examind. Table 4a. Referring Agency Counties Angl. Caerns. Denbs. Flints. Mer. Mont. Total School Medical Officers . 45 49 34 56 13 197 General Practitioners . 4 12 24 13 1 54 Consultant Paediatricians . 6 14 12 4 1 — 37 Other Medical Specialists . 1 6 11 2 — — 20 Education Officers & Teachers... 3 18 1 2 1 7 32 Courts and Prob. Officers . — 1 1 10 — — 12 Children’s Officers . — — 10 1 — — 11 Other Social Workers. 1 1 1 — — -- 3 Parents ... _ 4 3 1 8 All Agencies 1959. 60 105 97 88 16 8 374 On 31st December, 1958, 51 children were on the waiting list, 15 of these were cancelled later and 36 were transferred to 1959. 374 new referrals were received during 1959. 25 of these were cancelled, 58 remained on the waiting list on 31st December, 1959. The table of Referral Figures for the last eight years may be of interest. Table 4b. All Referring Agencies (numbers referred by School Medical Officers shown in brackets) Angl. Caerns. Denbs. Flints. Mer. Mont. Total 1952 . 22(13) 54(40) 73(38) 38( 4) 12(10) — 199 1953 . 18(13) 60(42) 67(31) 28( 4) 10( 7) — 183 1954 . 21(10) 76(50) 71(23) 51(15) 16(16) — 235 1955 . 33(24) 106(75) 97(23) 63(22) 18(13) 2 319 1956 . 61(43) 126(77) 91(38) 63(28) 22(22) 1 363 1957 . 30(13) 117(75) 88(35) 67(23) 13( 7) — 315 1958 . 50(31) 108(62) 122(40) 112(47) 19(10) 15( 1) 426 1959 ..;... 60(45) 105(49) 97(34) 88(56) 16(13) 8 374 ✓ All figures in the tables of this report refer to children dealt with, or to be dealt with, individually. Group tests are not reported here.