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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| III.—Analysis of all Treatment Cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |