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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Overcrowding, housing difficulties and emotional instability
are, of course, problems which are met with each year.
III. Treatment
The treatments issued or prescribed throughout the yearinclude:-
(1) Long-acting (bonded) Dexamphetamine known as "Dexten" -
5 mgms. at bedtime.
(2) Plain dexamphetamine — 5 mgms. at bedtime.
(3) Phenobarbitone grs. ½— ½usually b.d.
(4) Routine and charting only.
(5) The Sentinel or Downs bed buzzer.
(6) Librium mgms. v.o.m. or b.d. (prescribed by co-operation with
the patient's general practitioner).
There are now 20 bed buzzers available for use through the
clinic and in all 45 patients have been successfully treated by the
bed buzzer (old and new cases) during 1962.
IV. Results
74 children have been discharged dry or self-discharged due to poor attendance during 1962. These cases are made up as follows:-
| Discharged | Self-Discharged | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Over 5 years | 25 | 17 | 19 | 6 |
| Under 5 years | 4 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 29 | 19 | 19 | 7 | |
Total = 74 cases (as compared with 46 in 1961).
Attendances at theclinic have been particularly well maintained
during 1962, and both parent and child have shown interest and cooperation
throughout."
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
Section 33 of the Education Act, 1944, and the regulations made
thereunder have placed on the Local Education Authorities responsibilities
for the provision of suitable education of children suffering from disability
of mind or body.