Real stories from official records
Introduced by Captain Athelstan Popkess , Chief Constable of City Police in a large Midland city
3— 'The man who wrote himself off'
Ever since he had had to give up his iob on account of illness, Fred Wilkins had been a burden to himself and to his family. Then one night he disappeared from his home. His distracted mother telephoned the Police ..
Why these calls came to the Police and what the Police did is told by Captain Popkess. What happened next is told by one of the Ministry of Labour's Rehabilitation Officers. There are no actors in these programmes and only the names and minor details of the stories have been changed to avoid identification.