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86
Cases
(a) Benzedrine (either 2 5 mgm., 5 mgm. or 7 5 mgm.)
at night at a time decided upon for each individual
child 122
(b) Benzedrine and Mist, potassium citrate c hyoscyamus
at night again at a time or times, decided upon for
each child 9
(c) Phenobarbitone gr. ½ at night . 8
+ cases failed on Benzedrine 8
(d) Sodium Amytal gr. i at night 1
+ case failed on Benzedrine 1
(e) Ephedrine gr. ½, all of which cases had been
ously treated with Benzedrine and included above 13
(f) Advice and charting only 13
(g) Cases referred (because of persistent failure to
improve under one of the above measures) to
hospital or Child Guidance Clinics 5
(h) Ephynal (previously treated by other methods and
failed) 2
N.B.—The_phenobarbitone, sodium amytal, ephedrine, Mist. pot.
cit c hyoscyamus and ephynal were not issued by the
Health Area Office.
It is interesting to note that of those completely dry (i) 21 (62%)
were boys and 13 (38.2%) were girls; and (ii) the average number of visits
for each of these children before discharge was: 4 visits for boys and
3.5 visits for girls; (iii) the average age was: 7 years for boys and 9 years
for girls.
5. Conclusions.—Those cases which have been slow to improve
have fallen into four main groups: —
(i) Those with some home or school problem, often that of
frustration.
(ii) Overcrowding in the home.
(iii) Those with any physical defect, e.g., asthma, worms, etc.
(iv) Mismanagement by one or both parents.