Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
This page requires JavaScript
(Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview)
Pears and anxiety | 15 | |
Solitariness and unsociability | 6 | |
Depression and lethargy | 2 | |
23 | ||
Enuresis | 28 | |
Sleep disorders | 8 | |
Habit spasms | 2 | |
Feeding difficulties | 5 | |
Epilepsy | 1 | |
Hysterical symptoms | 9 | |
Speech disorders | 9 | |
Asthma | ||
Faecal incontinence | 3 | |
Migraine | ||
70 | ||
Delinquency (including stealing and lying) | 26 | |
Difficult to manage at home | 50 | |
„ „ „ school | 13 | |
Aggression | 3 | |
Truancy and absconding | 8 | |
Sex difficulties | 6 | |
Temper tantrums | 3 | |
Bizarre symptoms—pre-psychotic? | 2 | |
111 | ||
Backward | 22 | |
School failure | 7 | |
Advice on school placement | 6 | |
work | — | |
35 | ||
239 |
Mother | Father | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dead | 3 | Dead | 3 |
Very dull or defective | — | Delinquent | 2 |
Psychotic or borderline | 1 | Psychotic or borderline | 3 |
Chronically neurotic | 5 | Chronically neurotic | 5 |
Stepmother | Parents | ||
Psychotic | — | Divorced | 9 |
Cruel | 1 | Separated | 5 |
Child | Pronounced marital disharmony | 7 | |
Illegitimate | 1 | ||
Adopted | 8 | ||
Care and Protection or Care | |||
of County | 5 | ||
In a Home | 2 |