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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
Walthamstow 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE I.—Analysis of 1946 figures
| Total cases dealt with in 1946. | ||
| Brought forward from 1945 | 54 | |
| Cases referred in 1946 | 170 | |
| Of these:- | 224 | |
| Full diagnosis | 147 | |
| Partial Service | 10 | |
| Withdrawn | 11 | |
| Non co-operative | 13 | |
| Cleared up on Waiting List | 8 | |
| Referred to Enuresis Clinic | 9 | |
| Diagnostic Waiting List, December 31st | 26 | |
| 224 | ||
| Of 147 cases diagnosed in 1946:- | ||
| Diagnosis and Advice (closed after one interview) | 69 | |
| Supervision and Advice | 15 | |
| P.S.W. | 12 | |
| Remedial Coaching | 4 | |
| Regular Psychiatric Treatment (cases still open) | 10 | |
| Closed after Psychiatric Treatment | 10 | |
| Psychiatric Treatment waiting list, December 31st | 27 | |
| 147 | ||
| Cases seen 1943/45 and dealt with in 1946. | ||
| Supervision and Advice | 9 | |
| P.S.W. | 1 | |
| Remedial Coaching | 5 | |
| Regular Psychiatric Treatment (cases still open) | 5 | |
| Closed after Psychiatric Treatment | 7 | |
| Closed after Remedial Coaching Treatment | 1 | 28 |
| Therefore total cases dealt with in 1946 | 175 | |
| Closed after Treatment during 1946 | ||
| (10 (1946) cases + 8 carried over from previous years). Adjusted | 7 | |
| Improved | 4 | |
| Non co-operative | 6 | |
| Other reasons | 1 | |
| 18 | ||