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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
Ilford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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R eturn of H andicapped P upils in the A rea on 31 st D ecember. 1950
(Aged 2-16 years)
| HANDICAPPED PUPILS. | Blind, | Partially Blind, | Deaf | Partially Deaf. | Delicate. | Physically Handicapped. | Educationally Subnormal. | Maladjusted. | Epileptic. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| A. Newly placed in 1950 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 52 |
| B. Newly ascertained in 1950 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| C. (i) Attending Special Schools— | ||||||||||
| Day | — | 4 | 9 | 3 | 56 | 24 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 142 |
| Boarding | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| (ii) Boarded in homes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| (iii) Attending assisted Schools | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 14 | — | 17 |
| D. Unplaced— | ||||||||||
| (i) At no school | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| (ii) At ordinary school | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| E. Receiving home tuition (including those in D). | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Attending Special Schools Speech = Nil Diabetes = 1 Boarded in Homes Speech = Nil Diabetes = Nil | ||||||||||
Child Guidance Clinic.—The Child Guidance Clinic was opened on
3rd January, 1949, at Loxford Hall, Loxford Lane, llford.
Dr. A. H. G. Burton, the Psychiatrist, reports as follows: —
"Of the cases seen by me during 1950, 24% were delinquents,
18% being boys and 6% girls. 19% of the cases of delinquency
were cases of stealing. The main cause of delinquency was an anxiety
state usually produced by environmental conditions. This accounts
for 13% of the cases of delinquency.
"17% of the cases were of enuresis sometimes combined with
encopresis. I feel doubtful whether there is any value in referring
cases of enuresis (which has been continuous from infancy) to a Child
Guidance Clinic. They rarely benefit, and 1 feel that it most cases
they are not due to psychological causes but may be either due to an
organic cause or bad handling in infancy which has resulted in a
chronic inflammation of the urethra. Cases of enuresis which, however,
occur later on are frequently due to psychological cause, often
of an anxiety nature and can be remedied at the Clinic.