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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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ANALYSIS OF CASES REFERRED
| 1. Nervous disorders, e.g. fears; depressions; apathy; excitability | 23 |
| 2. Habit disorders and physical symptoms; e.g. enuresis; speech disorders; sleep disturbances; tics; fits, etc. | |
| 3. Behaviour disorders; e.g. unmanageable; tempers, stealing, lying; sex problems, etc. | 42 |
| 4. Educational; e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 16 |
ANALYSIS OF CASES DIAGNOSED
| 1. Nervous disorders, e.g. fears; depressions; apathy; excitability | 44 |
| 2. Habit disorders and physical symptoms; e.g. enuresis; speech disorders; sleep disturbances; tics; fits, etc. | 3 |
| 3. Behaviour disorders; e.g. unmanageable; tempers; stealing, lying; sex problems, etc. | 10 |
| 4. Educational, e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 7 |
| 5. No basic disturbance of child, e.g. mainly parental over- anxiety | – |
ANALYSIS OF CASES CLOSED DURING 1961
| 1. Improved and recovered after treatment | 26 |
| 2. Improved after partial service, i.e. before diagnosis | 1 |
| 3. Diagnosis and advice only | 2 |
| 4. Interrupted, e.g. on parents* initiative | 23 |
| 5. Closed for miscellaneous causes, removed from area, placement at E. S. N. School, etc. | 12 |
| 6. Spontaneous Improvement | 11 |
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