London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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better methods of handling" by the Maternity and Infant
Welfare Staff.
There has also been a widening of areas of co ■
operation between the clinic and the Probation Officers
and their clients during the past year, and we are
gratified by this development."
The following tables show the work of the clinic
during the year. Figures for Walthamstow cases only
are shown:
| Number of cases referred to the clinic | 82 |
| Number of cases diagnosed at the clinic | 67 |
| (a) Psychiatrists- | |
| Diagnostic interviews | 67 |
| Cases taken on for observation and/or treatment | 38 |
| Treatment interviews | 237 |
| Other interviews | 1 |
| Total number of psychiatric sessions (including Chingford cases) | 194 |
| (b) Psychologists | |
| Clinic cases tested | 53 |
| Cases given remedial education | 14 |
| Treatment interviews (remedial education) | 173 |
| School visits on behalf of clinic cases | 20 |
| Other interviews at clinic | 15 |
| Other interviews outside clinic | 12 |
| (c) School Psychological Service- | |
| Individual cases seen | 312 |
| Number referred to clinic | 10 |
| (d) Play Therapists- | |
| Cases treated | 15 |
| Treatment interviews | 185 |
| (e) Psychiatric Social Workers- | |
| Interviews at Clinic | 518 |
| Interviews elsewhere | 12 |