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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC, MAYDAY HOSPITAL. Summary of cases referred to Child Guidance Clinics during 1940
| No. | m. f | Age | Why Referred | By whom Referred | Action taken and result of Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | m. | CO | Stealing | School Medical Officer | Treatment for 5 mths. Change of school - case followed up regularly since - no further trouble. |
| 2 | m. | j 1 rzl i x°2 | Stealing and chorea | Juvenile Court | Irregular attendance. No further stealing -improvement in chorea. |
| m. | 11 i i | Fnonresic and thieving | School Medical Officer | Treatment 3 mths - some improvement - poor home. | |
| 4 | M. | 9 | Untruthful - stealing | School Medical Officer | Evacuated. |
| 5 | M. | 13 | Stealing | Juvenile Court | Diagnostic report for Magistrates. |
| 5 | M• | 15½ | Stealing | Juvenile Court | Diagnostic report for Magistrates. |
| 7 | M. | 7 | Untruthful and immoral | School Medical Officer | Irregular attendance -boarding out recommended. |
| s | F. | 9 | Masturbation - chorea | Parent. | Treatment for 5 mths - improvement. Referred to schoo. clinic for tonsils and alvirci,-^ |
| 9 | M. | 14 | Out of control of parents | Juvenile Court | Diagnostic report. |
| 10 | M. | 10 | Eneuresis. | School Medical Officer | Recommended boarding out. |
| 11 | M. | 11 | Out of control of parents | School Medical Officer | Parents unco-operative. |
| 12 | M. | 6 | Out of control of parents | Croydon Guild Social Service | 6 mths. treatment - boarded out for 2 mths. - slight improvement - mother very unstable. |
| 13 | M. | 8 | Backward - fearful | School Medical Officer | Evacuated. |
| 14 | M. | 12 | Enureses. | Probation Officer | Diagnostic. |
| 15 | M. | 15 | Stealing | Juvenile Court | Diagnostic. |
| 16 | m. | 14 | Assault age small boy | Juvenile Court | Diagnostic. |
| 17 | M. | 7 | lying | Probation Officer | Irregular attendance -unstable mother. |
| 18 | M. | 15 | Early schisophrenic | Probation Officer! | Admitted to Wariirgham Park Hospital. |
Intelligence Tests were arranged on 12 of these oases. 4 were below
average - 5 average - and 3 of high intelligence,
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