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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 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: TABLE II.Table of Symptoms.(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview—146 children).

TABLE II.

Table of Symptoms.

(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview—146 children).

1. Nervous Disorders.
Fears and anxiety16
Solitariness and unsociability4
Depression and lethargy929
2. Habit Disorders and Physical Symptoms.
Enuresis20
Habit spasms8
Speech disorders6
Asthma3
Sleep disorders2
Food fads2
Hysterical symptoms2
Epilepsy1
Faecal incontinence1
45
3. Behaviour Disorders.
Delinquency, including stealing and lying22
Difficult to manage at home15
Sex difficulties12
Difficult to manage in school11
Aggression8
Truancy and wandering7
Temper tantrums3
78
4. Educational Difficulties.
" Backward," including 8 below I.Q. 7037
School failure9
46
198

Table: TABLE III Analysis of Intelligence of 142 Children.

TABLE III Analysis of Intelligence of 142 Children.

50-5960-6970-7980-8990-99100-109110-119
171029292319
120-129130-139140-149150-159
15341
Average I.Q. 97

Table: TABLE IV Analysis of Ages of Children Referred.

TABLE IV Analysis of Ages of Children Referred.

3-44-55-66-77-88-99-10
16818141317
10-1111-1212-1313-1414-1515-16
1017161844
Average age 9.