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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

Leyton 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

Table: TABLE IANALYSIS OF FIGURES FOR 1959

TABLE I

ANALYSIS OF FIGURES FOR 1959

Number of cases referred to the Clinic77
Number of cases diagnosed at the Clinic40
(a) Psychiatrists
Diagnostic interviews41
Cases taken on for observation and treatment25
Treatment interviews225
Other interviews12
# Total number of phychiatric sessions212
(b) Psychologists
Clinic cases tested42
Cases given remedial education7
Treatment interviews (remedial education)148
School visits on behalf of clinic cases48
Other interviews at clinic5
Other interviews outside44
(c) School Psychological Service
Individual cases seen121
Number referred to clinic27
(d) Play Therapists
Cases treated11
Treatment interviews284
(e) Psychiatric Social Workers
Interviews at clinic623
Interview elsewhere40
(f) Waiting List
Cases for diagnosis (by doctors)37
Waiting for treatment
(g) Total cases treated during year93

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Leyton and Forest Division joint sessions
(58)