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Willesden 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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CHILD GUIDANCE

Table 75

Waiting list at 1.1.1962Total cases seen by PsychiatristNew cases seen by PsychiatristOther cases seen by PsychiatristNew cases referredCases not requiring to be seen by PsychiatristWaiting list 31.12.1962
16207113941342017

Table 76 REASONS FOR REFERRAL

1.Behaviour Problems(52%)
(a) Mainly due to environmental factors (including
parental problems)40
(b) Mainly due to constitutional factors16
(c) Mainly due to mental retardation10
(d) Mainly due to physical ill-health2
2.Problems of Habit and Maturation(20%)
(a) Emotional crisis of adolescence and sex develop
ment12
(b) Enuresis and encopresis (wetting and soiling)9
(c) Sleep disturbance4
(d) Speech disturbance2
3.Psychoneurotic disturbances(22%)
(a) Chronic anxiety state13
(b) School phobia7
(c) Psychosomatic disorders, e.g. asthma5
(d) Hysteria3
(e) Acute anxiety state1
(f) Obsessive compulsive neurosis1
4.Psychotic disturbance(1%)1
5.Epileptic Behaviour Disturbance(1%)2
6.No Evidence of Psychiatric Disturbance(4%)6
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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE

Table 77 Inspection and Treatment

(a) Inspections

InspectedRequired TreatmentReferred for Treatment
196219611962196119621961
Periodic15.29013,0658,7206,9277,8357,267
Special1,3441,5641,1551,435
Totals16,63414,6299,8758,3627,8357,267