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Mental Disorder (<continued)
Work in the Community. The provision of prevention, care and
after-care services under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act
1946, has continued.
At the request of general practitioners and others, patients are
frequently visited in their homes to ascertain the nature and extent of the
help required. These visits also establish a friendly and useful relationship
with both patients and relatives. The following summarises the work
carried out:—
Number of first visits . 209
Number of subsequent visits . 1,504
Total visits paid ..... 1,713
Number of interviews at Office ...... 229
Fifteen male and thiry~two female patients were also referred for
after-care on discharge from St. Crispin Hospital. Of these, it was found
necessary to re-admit four males and six females.
Consequent upon new legislation concerning mental disorders, it is
reasonable to assume that an increasing number of patients will be
leaving psychiatric hospitals after short periods of treatment. The
after-care of these patients will form a considerable part of the mental
welfare officer’s work and will consume an ever increasing amount of time
in giving support and encouragement to them.
