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 Willesden]
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CHILD GUIDANCE
Table 75
Waiting list at 1.1.1962 | Total cases seen by Psychiatrist | New cases seen by Psychiatrist | Other cases seen by Psychiatrist | New cases referred | Cases not requiring to be seen by Psychiatrist | Waiting list 31.12.1962 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | 207 | 113 | 94 | 134 | 20 | 17 |
Table 76 REASONS FOR REFERRAL
1. | Behaviour Problems | (52%) | |
(a) Mainly due to environmental factors (including | |||
parental problems) | 40 | ||
(b) Mainly due to constitutional factors | 16 | ||
(c) Mainly due to mental retardation | 10 | ||
(d) Mainly due to physical ill-health | 2 | ||
2. | Problems of Habit and Maturation | (20%) | |
(a) Emotional crisis of adolescence and sex develop | |||
ment | 12 | ||
(b) Enuresis and encopresis (wetting and soiling) | 9 | ||
(c) Sleep disturbance | 4 | ||
(d) Speech disturbance | 2 | ||
3. | Psychoneurotic disturbances | (22%) | |
(a) Chronic anxiety state | 13 | ||
(b) School phobia | 7 | ||
(c) Psychosomatic disorders, e.g. asthma | 5 | ||
(d) Hysteria | 3 | ||
(e) Acute anxiety state | 1 | ||
(f) Obsessive compulsive neurosis | 1 | ||
4. | Psychotic disturbance | (1%) | 1 |
5. | Epileptic Behaviour Disturbance | (1%) | 2 |
6. | No Evidence of Psychiatric Disturbance | (4%) | 6 |
134 |
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE
Table 77 Inspection and Treatment
(a) Inspections
Inspected | Required Treatment | Referred for Treatment | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | |
Periodic | 15.290 | 13,065 | 8,720 | 6,927 | 7,835 | 7,267 |
Special | 1,344 | 1,564 | 1,155 | 1,435 | ||
Totals | 16,634 | 14,629 | 9,875 | 8,362 | 7,835 | 7,267 |