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"During this first year, 19 children have been diagnosed
and treated, and 14 of these have already been discharged
after satisfactory results were obtained. A further 5 are still
under observation or treatment. These figures confirm the
wisdom of the Authority in setting up this clinic, and the good
results that can be obtained by this form of early treatment at
a pre-school stage as 1 predicted in my last annual report.
I found this group of mothers particularly receptive and
co-operative, and this has contributed largely to the good
therapeutic results obtained with the children.
"I would like to see an expansion of this side of the
work, and would welcome yet more cases. I hope that all
the Maternity and Child Welfare services in the Borough will
make use of the facilities provided. Such a clinic may offer
some solution to certain of the problems in the non-physical
sphere which are so often presented to the paediatrician, as
pointed out by Dr. Hinden in his report for 1951."
The following is an analysis of the cases treated: —
Habit disorders 6
Sleep disturbances 1
Fears 5
Behaviour disorders 7
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(g) Pædiatric Clinic.—The fortnightly clinic, under the charge
of Dr. Elchon Hinden, Paediatrician to Whipps Cross Hospital,
continued during 1952, and 17 children under five years of age
were seen.
Dr. Hinden reports as follows:—
"Work in the clinic has proceeded on the same lines as in
1951. The bulk of the children seen have presented minor
deviations from the normal, or else have been suffering from
behaviour disorders. Acute medicine has, rightly, been
absent; a pleasing feature has been the very small number
suffering from chronic rheumatic heart disease. I have the
impression that in height and weight the children compare
favourably with those born before the war, and I think that
the standard of parental care is rising also. Poor housing still
seems the major detrimental environmental factor.
"The radiological and pathological departments at
Whipps Cross Hospital have continued their welcome service
to the clinic, so greatly enhancing its value. A number of
children have also been admitted to hospital there for