Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 35 |
2. Habit disorders and physical symptoms; e.g. enuresis; speech disorders; sleep disturbances; tics; fits, etc. | 16 |
3. Behaviour disorders; e.g. unmanageable; tempers, stealing, lying; sex problems, etc. | 55 |
4. Educational; e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 19 |
125 |
ANALYSIS OF CASES DIAGNOSED
1. Nervous disorders, e.g. fears; depressions; apathy; excitability | 32 |
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. | 4 |
4. Educational, e.g. backwardness; failure to concentrate | 2 |
5. No basic disturbance of child, e.g. mainly parental over anxiety | 4 |
47 |
ANALYSIS OF CASES CLOSED DURING 1962
1. Improved and recovered after treatment | 35 |
2. Improved after partial service, i.e. before diagnosis | 3 |
3. Diagnosis and advice only | - |
4. Interrupted, e.g. on parents' initiative | 34 |
5. Closed for miscellaneous causes, removed from area, placement at E.S.N.School, etc. | 23 |
6. Spontaneous Improvement | 4 |
99 |
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