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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: Analysis of Treatment Cases.

Analysis of Treatment Cases.

Number of cases carried over from 19443
Number taken on in 194522
25
Discharged, much improved4
Discharged, improved7
Treatment broken off1
12
Number of cases current on December 31st, 194513
25

Table: TABLE II.Table of Symptoms.(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview—202 children).

TABLE II.

Table of Symptoms.

(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview—202 children).

1. Nervous Disorders.
Fears and Anxiety12
Depression and lethargy2
Unsociability115
2. Habit Disorders and Physical Symptoms.
Enuresis20
Sleep disorders3
Asthma3
Epilepsy3
Speech disorders2
Food fads2
Hysterical symptoms, including headaches and " fainting "2
—35
3. Behaviour Disorders.
Difficult to manage at home32
Difficult to manage at school27
Delinquency, including stealing and lying19
Truancy and wandering6
Sex difficulties5
Temper tantrums4
Bizarre symptoms, (?) prc-psychotic3
Aggressiveness3
—99
4. Educational Difficulties.
" Backward," including 44 defectives84
School failure14
Vocational guidance3
—101
250