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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

Ealing 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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4.Treatment broken off6 62
5.Number of treatment cases current on December 31st, 195251113
6.Number of old cases remaining under supervision70
7.Number of cases discharged from supervision32
8.Number of supervision cases current on December 31st, 195238
IV.—Special Recommendations.70
1.Cases seen in 1952 for placement in schools for maladjusted children21
2.Other special recommendations1132

Table: TABLE II.TABLE OF SYMPTOMS(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview).

TABLE II.

TABLE OF SYMPTOMS

(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview).

I.—Primary Behaviour Disorders.
Fears and anxiety39
Solitariness and unsociability9
Depression and lethargy7
Difficult to manage at home42
Difficult to manage at school21
Temper tantrums10
Direct aggression14
Sexual difficulties4
II.—Psycho-Somatic Disorders.
Enuresis37
Encopresis3
Sleep disorders12
Habit spasms3
Feeding difficulties2
Hysterical symptoms5
Speech disorders2
Asthma2
Eczema2
III.—Delinquent Behaviour.
Stealing30
Truancy and absconding12
IV.—Educational Difficulties.
Backwardness20
Retardation23
V.—Disorders with Organic Components.
Epilepsy2