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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
Harrow 1973
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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| 14 | |
| 4 | |
| (i) Parent | 4 |
| (j) Transfers from other clinics | 2 |
| Presenting Symptoms: | |
| (a) Nervous Disorders (Fears, depression, anxiety, refusal to attend school) . | 30 |
| (b) Behaviour Disorders | 44 |
| (c) Psychosomatic Disorders (Asthma) | 3 |
| (d) Habit Disorders (Enuresis, soiling, speech difficulties, masturbation) | 11 |
| 6 | |
| (f) Lack of School Progress/Backwardness | 6 |
| Other Attendances | 2,707 |
| Total Attendances | 2,907 |
| Children | 974 |
| Parents | 1,777 |
| Others | 156 |
* This figure does not take account of case consultations in which professional
workers from outside agencies were helped to deal with their
own clients.
School Psychological Service
Mr. W. R. Wilson, Senior Educational Psychologist, reports as
follows
(1) Staffing:
Senior Educational Psychologist W. R. Wilson, M.A.,
A.B.Ps.S.
Educational Psychologist Mrs. A. M. Williams, B.Sc.
Educational Psychologist Mrs. J. H. Parnell
(One vacancy)
Specialist Teacher Mrs. D. Schiller
Advisory Peripatetic Remedial
Teacher Mrs. M. Zurawski
Peripatetic Remedial Teacher Mrs. G. Branch
Peripatetic Remedial Teacher Mrs. B. Evans
Assessment Unit Mrs. J. M. Whitmarsh
Chantry Unit (Class 6) Mrs. D. E. Harper