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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
Sutton 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC - STATISTICS 1970
| Psychiatric sessions | ||
| Diagnostic interview with children | 84 | (108) |
| Treatment interviews | 259 | (267) |
| Court reports | 6 | (5) |
| Boarding school reviews | 13 | (9) |
| Case discussion (supervision) | 133 | (39) |
| Discussion of North Downs cases | 22 | (17) |
| Meeting outside agencies | 16 | (39) |
| Outside visits | 6 | (-) |
| Appointments arranged but failed | 20 | (31) |
| Psychiatric Social Worker Sessions | ||
| Treatment interviews | 1336 | (878) |
| Case discussions | 297 | (76) |
| Meeting outside agencies | 15 | (26) |
| Home visits | 43 | (32) |
| Supervision of students | 43 | (38) |
| Outside visits | 14 | (7) |
| Appointments arranged but failed | 155 | (127) |
| Psychotherapist sessions | ||
| Treatment interviews | 1353 | (1256) |
| Case discussions | 187 | (90) |
| Outside visits | 2 | (3) |
| Meeting outside agencies | 6 | (5) |
| Appointments arranged but failed | 126 | (127) |
| The number of children referred to the Clinic during 1970 was 130 | ||
| The agencies initiating referral were | ||
| General Practitioners | 58 | (61) |
| School Health Services | 23 | |
| School Psychological Service | 22 | |
| Courts | 6 | |
| Social Services | 4 | |
| Hospitals or Specialists | 9 | |
| Schools | ||
| 130 | ||
Although this has not been included in the figures, the Psychiatrist sessions include a good
deal of teaching of students, such as Registrars from Hospitals, a student from the
Institute of Education, social work students, etc.
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