Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Number of cases referred to the clinic | 83 | |
Number of cases diagnosed at the clinic | 65 | |
(a) | ||
Diagnostic interviews | 65 | |
Cases taken on for treatment | 20 | |
Treatment interviews | 317 | |
Other interviews | 3 | |
No. of psychiatric sessions per week | 4 | |
(b) | ||
Clinic cases tested | 68 | |
Cases given remedial education | 14 | |
Treatment interviews (remedial education) | 172 | |
School visits on behalf of clinic cases | 24 | |
Other interviews at clinic | 30 | |
(c) | ||
Individual cases seen | 288 | |
Number referred to clinic | 5 | |
(d) | ||
Cases treated | 16 | |
Treatment interviews | 343 | |
(e) | ||
Interviews at clinic | 694 | |
Interviews elsewhere | 6 | |
(f) | Waiting List | |
Cases for diagnosis | 33 | |
Awaiting treatment | 7 | |
(g) | Total cases treated during the year | 106 |
Referred Diagnosed | |||
---|---|---|---|
I. | Nervous disorders, e.g. fears, depressions, apathy, excitability | 17 | 24 |
II. | Habit disorders and physical symptoms, enuresis, speech disorders, sleep disturbances, tics, fits, etc. | 18 | 11 |
III. | Behaviour disorders, e.g. unmanageable, tempers, stealing, lying, sex problems, etc. | 39 | 16 |
IV. | Educational, e.g. backwardness, failure to concentrate | 8 | 8 |