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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 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Child Guidance
The Consultant Psychiatrist to the Child Guidance Centre is Dr. Portia Holman,
M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.M. who is, together with her two registrars, an officer of the North
West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, the remaining staff are Council officers of
the Education Department. The service is conducted from the main clinic at Madeley
Road, Ealing, and from 3 sub-clinics, Avenue Road, Northolt Grange and Villiers Road,
Southall.

Table: Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows:-

Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows:-

Referrals
Number of cases on waiting list at December, 196690
Number of cases referred to Centre during 1967420
Number of cases seen by Psychiatrists during 1967317
Number of cases seen by other Officers68
Cases withdrawn20
Number of cases awaiting at December, 1967105
Recommendations by Psychiatrists
Treatment or remedial teaching226
Placed in residential school for maladjusted25
Placed in day school for maladjusted
Aston 12
Newlands 1325
Placement in residential schools for the maladjusted
Number of children awaiting placement at 31st December, 19669
Number of children recommended during the year26
Children placed25
Awaiting placement at 31st December, 195710
Recommendations for psycho-therapy or remedial treatment
Cases awaiting treatment at 31st December, 196649
Recommendations for treatment226
Discharged during year16
Treatments during year228
Awaiting treatment at 31st December, 196731

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Of the 364 children referred to the centre 244 were boys and 120 were girls.
Details of their age range, level of intelligence and school attended are as follows:-
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