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Walthamstow 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE III.
Analysis of cases closed during the year (including cases referred in previous years).
| Improved and recovered | 24 |
| Interrupted due to non-co-operation | 26 |
| Placed away from home | 17 |
| Diagnosis and advice only | 33 |
| Spontaneously improved after partial service | 11 |
| Recommended E.S.N. School and School for the Physically Handicapped | 7 |
| Cases closed for miscellaneous causes | 9 |
| Total | 127 |
Comments:—
In Walthamstow there has been a marked decrease in the
referral of educational problems. This may be due to the improvement
in the sifting, thanks to the co-operation between the teachers
and the Educational Psychologist. The increased figure in one of
the other areas may be attributed to an expanding school population.
It will be noted that the waiting list is now increased compared
with the end of 1949, when the numbers were artificially reduced
by the closure of the list.
There is no significant change in the type of problems referred.
TABLE IV.
Waiting List.
The Waiting List at the end of 1950 was 118.
TABLE V.
Psychiatric Social Workers—Interviews and Visits.
The total of interviews and visits was 1,109.
REPORT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST
1950
(Miss E. M. Smith, M.A.)
During the year the Psychologist was responsible for work in
the Borough of Walthamstow; in September the Chingford district
was added, so that the school population which the Psychologist
now serves is approximately 23,000.
Individual tests were given to 241 children (150 boys, 91
girls), and 61 children were assessed in schools by means of nonverbal
group tests. As last year there is an increase in the pro-