London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE II. Table of Symptoms.
| (Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview). | ||
| 1. Nervous Disorders. | ||
| Fears and anxiety | 38 | |
| Solitariness and unsociability | 4 | |
| Depression and lethargy | 4 | |
| 46 | ||
| 2. Habit Disorders. | ||
| Enuresis | 36 | |
| Sleep disorders | 9 | |
| Habit spasms | 13 | |
| Feeding difficulties | 4 | |
| Epilepsy | — | |
| Hysterical symptoms | 13 | |
| Speech disorders | 6 | |
| Asthma | 11 | |
| Faecal incontinence | 8 | |
| Migraine | 1 | |
| 101 | ||
| 3. Behaviour Disorders. | ||
| Delinquency (including stealing and lying) | 48 | |
| Difficult to manage at home | 32 | |
| Difficult to manage at school | 28 | |
| Aggression | 15 | |
| Truancy and absconding | 15 | |
| Sex difficulties | 4 | |
| Temper tantrums | 5 | |
| Bizarre symptoms ? pre-psychotic | 2 | 14Q |
| 4. Educational Difficulties. | ||
| Backward | 36 | |
| School failure | 19 | |
| Advise on school placement | 4 | |
| Advice on school work | — | |
| 59 | ||
| 355 | ||
TABLE III.
Home Conditions—63 Cases.
| Mother. | Father. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead | 6 | Dead | 7 |
| Very dull or defective | 1 | Delinquent | 2 |
| Psychotic or borderline | 2 | Psychotic or borderline | 2 |
| Chronically neurotic | 6 | Chronically neurotic | 4 |
| Stepmother | Parents. | ||
| Psychotic | — | Divorced | 9 |
| Cruel | 2 | Separated | 8 |
| Chud. | Pronounced marital disharmony | 7 | |
| Illegitimate | 8 | ||
| Adopted | 6 | ||
| Care and Protection or | |||
| Care of County | 2 | ||
| In a Home | 3 | ||