[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

Mental Disorder (<continued) Mental Illness—Statistics. The following summarises the work of this Mental Welfare Section:— 1st January to 31st October, 1960. MALES FEMALES TOTALS Examined by Doctor and Magistrate ... 2 2* Certified and removed to St. Crispin Hospital .. 1 -— 1 Certified and removed to other hospitals 1 —— 1 Not certified . — —. --- Cases examined by Magistrate .. 15 35 50* Admitted to St. Crispin Hospital on 14-Day Orders ... 13 33 46 No Order made ... 2 2 4 Admitted to St. Crispin Hospital on 3-Day Orders . 20 15 35* Transfers from St. Andrew’s Hospital to St. Crispin Hospital (certified) ...... — 1 1 Transfers from St. Andrew’s Hospital to other hospitals (certified) ... 1 — 1 1st November to 31st December, 1960. MALES FEMALES TOTALS Admitted to St. Crispin Hospital under Section 25 of the Mental Health Act, 1959 . 6 14 20* Admitted to St. Crispin Hospital under Section 26 of the Mental Health Act, 1959 . 2 — 2* Admitted to St. Crispin Hospital under Section 29 of the Mental Health Act, 1959 . — 1 1* *A total of 110 cases dealt with compulsorily. The above tabulation includes action under the Lunacy Acts that had to be taken in the case of 31 persons (12 males and 19 females) over the age of sixty-five years, of which 27 were admitted to St. Crispin Hospital. As predicted in last year’s report the number of admissions to psychiatric hospitals under compulsory powers has shewn a decline during the year and it is anticipated that in future it will further decrease. Most satisfactory results are achieved with the intensive efforts that are made to prevail upon appropriate cases to accept admission to hospital of their own volition and the treatment available to them.