London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
This page requires JavaScript
CHILD GUIDANCE SERVICE.
The Medical Directors of the Child Guidance Clinics, Dr. Robin Higgins, M.A.,
M.B., B.Chir., D.P.M., and Dr. Agnes Main, M.B., B.S., report as follows: —
Dr. Robin Higgins —
The following table summarises the number of cases referred, seen and treated at the Clinic during 1969 : —
| Referred | Seen | Under Intensive Treatment | Under Supervision or Annual Review | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 91 | 70 | 50 | |
| Referring Agents : | ||||
| General Practitioners | 25 | |||
| School Medical Officers | 16 | |||
| Head Teachers and Educational Psychologists | 10 | |||
| Parents | 21 | |||
| Speech Therapists and Health Visitors | 16 | |||
| Children's Department | 11 | |||
| Miscellaneous Agencies | 2 | |||
| TOTAL | 101 | |||
The task of intensive treatment was shared by the psychiatrist, the psychotherapist,
art and drama therapists and psychiatric social workers.
In the course of the year Mrs. Chandler our psychotherapist and Miss Cartwright
our art therapist, left. Miss C. Mann was appointed as a temporary psychotherapist.
Mrs. Corry, one of our psychiatric social workers was seconded in June, for one session
a week, to the Youth Counselling Clinic.
We have continued our link with Chiswick Polytechnic, two further Social Work
Certificate students having spent their 4 months of practical work under the supervision
of Mrs. B. Hall, psychiatric social worker.
Dr Agnes Main —
The following table summarises the number of cases referred, seen, and treated at the Clinic during 1969 : —
| Referred | Seen | Under Intensive Treatment | Under Supervision or Annual review | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 152 | 103 | 86 | ||
| Referring Agents : | |||||
| General Practitioners | 20 | ||||
| School Medical Officers | 30 | ||||
| Head Teachers and Educational Psychologists | 43 | ||||
| Parents | 45 | ||||
| Speech Therapists and Health Visitors | 14 | ||||
| Children's Department | 5 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Agencies | 11 | ||||
| TOTAL | 168 | ||||
These figures are almost identical to the case load of year 1968. In dealing with
this number of children, which is large for a Child Guidance Clinic of this size, we
have, as formerly, been helped by a number of students from the Maria Grey College
108