London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE II
| ANALYSIS OP CASES REFERRED | |
| 1. Nervous disorders, e.g. fears; depressions; apathy; excitability | 19 |
| 2. Habit disorders and physical symptoms; e.g. enuresis; speech disorders; sleep disturbances; tics; fits, etc. | 14 |
| 3. Behaviour disorders; e.g. unmanageable; tempers, stealing, lying; sex problems, etc. | 40 |
| 4. Educational; e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 16 |
TABLE III
| ANALYSIS OF CASES DIAGNOSED | |
| 1. Nervous disorders, e.g. fears; depressions; apathy; excitability | 37 |
| 2. Habit disorders and physical symptoms; e.g. enuresis; speech disorders; sleep disturbances; tics; fits, etc. | 5 |
| 3. Behaviour disorders; e.g. unmanageable; tempers; stealing, lying; sex problems, etc. | 14 |
| 4. Educational, e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 7 |
| 5. No basic disturbance of child, e.g. mainly parental over-anxiety | 2 |
TABLE IV
| ANALYSIS OF CASES CLOSED DURING 1960 | |
| 1. Improved and recovered after treatment | 20 |
| 2. Improved after partial service, i.e. before diagnosis | 4 |
| 3. Diagnosis and advice only | 1 |
| 4. Interrupted, e.g. on parents* initiative | 18 |
| 5. Closed for miscellaneous causes, removed from area, placement | |
| at E. S. N. School, etc. | 15 |
| 6. Spontaneous Improvement | 2 |
(70)