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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| Cases for diagnosis (by doctors) | 29 | |
| Waiting treatment | - | |
| (g) | Total cases treated during the year | 119 |
| Referred | Diagnosed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nervous disorders, e. g. fears, depressions, apathy, excitability ... | 18 | 26 |
| 2. | Habit disorders and physical symptoms, e.g. enuresis, speech disorders, sleep disturbances, tics, fits, etc. | 19 | 7 |
| 3. | Behaviour disorders, e.g. unmanageable, tempers, stealing, lying, sex problems, etc. ... ... | 42 | 22 |
| 4. | Educational, e.g. backwardness, failure to concentrate | 3 | 7 |
| 5. | No basic disturbance of child, i.e. mainly parental overanxiety | 82 | 5 67 |
| 1. | Improved and recovered after treatment | 25 |
| 2. | Improved after partial service, i.e. before diagnosis | 4 |
| 3. | Diagnosis and advice only | 12 |
| 4. | Interrupted, e.g. on parent's or adolescent patient's initiative | 19 |
| 5. | Closed for miscellaneous causes (removal from area, placement at ESN School, etc.) | 12 |
| 6. | Spontaneous improvement | 6 |
| 78 |