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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Child Guidance Clinic
TABLE I
ANALYSIS OF FIGURES FOR 1961.
| I. Cases on the books of the clinic at the end of the Year | |||
| (i) Cases awaiting first appointment | 29 | ||
| (ii) Cases diagnosed and awaiting treatment | Nil | ||
| (iii) Cases under treatment | 48 | ||
| (iv) Other cases | 78 | ||
| II. Cases referred during the Year | |||
| (a) Under fives - Boys | 9 | ||
| - Girls | 1 | ||
| (b) Over fives - Boys | 52 | ||
| - Girls | 29 | ||
| III. Source of referral | |||
| General Practitioners | 6 | Head Teachers | 11 |
| Consultants | 4 | Children's Officer | Nil |
| School Medical Officers | 44 | Probation Officer | 2 |
| Health Visitors | 5 | Magistrates | Nil |
| Educational Psychologist | 16 | Parents | 3 |
| IV. Cases closed during Year and other cases for which treatment ceased | |||
| (i) Treatment completed and case closed | 21 | ||
| (ii) Other treatment, cases closed | 19 | ||
| (iii) Other (untreated) cases closed | 28 | ||
| V. Treatment carried out during Year | |||
| Psychiatrists | 456 | ||
| Psychotherapists | 213 | ||
| Psychiatric Social Workers | 803 | ||
| Educational Psychologist | 111 | ||
(90)