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]
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III.—Analysis of all Treatment Cases. | |||
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1. Number of cases carried over from 1950 | 21 | ||
2. Play group for under 5's (1950) | 12 | 33 | |
3. Number of cases taken on in 1951 | 57 | ||
4. Play group for under 5's (1951) | 15 | ||
72 | |||
105 | |||
Discharged much improved | 23 | ||
Discharged improved | 15 | ||
Treatment broken off | 11 | ||
49 | |||
Number of cases current on December 31st, 1951 | 99 | ||
Special recommendations of old cases | 8 | ||
Special recommendations 1951 cases | 19 |
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. | ||
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Fears and anxiety | 36 | |
Solitariness and unsociability | 2 | |
Depression and lethargy | 5 | |
Difficult to manage at home | 56 | |
Difficult to manage at school | 15 | |
Temper tantrums | 13 | |
Direct aggression | 13 | 140 |
II.—Psycho-Somatic Disorders. | ||
Enuresis | 30 | |
Sleep disorders | 6 | |
Habit spasms | 3 | |
Feeding difficulties | 2 | |
Hysterical symptoms | 7 | |
Speech disorders | 7 | |
Asthma | 3 | |
58 | ||
III.—Delinquent Behaviour. | ||
Stealing | 38 | |
Truancy and absconding | 13 | 51 |
IV.—Educational Difficulties. | ||
Backwardness | 33 | |
School failure | 14 | |
47 | ||
V.—Miscellaneous. | ||
?—Pre-psychotic | 5 | 5 |
301 |