[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following figures show the work undertaken during the year, and it is a tribute to the enthusiasm of the staff that the work accomplished showed a con¬ stant expansion with success in several outstanding cases. Number of cases under treatment at 1st January, 1948 . . 11 Number of cases referred during 1948.,. 38 Parents or child unco-operative . 7 Cases for diagnosis only . 7 -^__14 Cases receiving treatment . 24 Total number of cases treated during 1948. 35 Disposal of cases. Satisfactory adjustment. 4 Sent to Approved School . 2 Placed under care of Local Education Authority . 1 Cases remaining under treatment on 31st December, 1948 28 -35 A record of the work of the Consultant Psychiatrist and Educational Psychologist is shown below :— Consultant Psychiatrist. Supervision Playroom attendances (children) . 584 Individual Interviews (children) . 185 Initial Interviews (children). 38 - 223 Interviews with Parents . 107 Initial Interviews . 38 -145 An indication of the general increase in playroom attendances and inter¬ views is given below :— 1948 Playroom Individual Interviews Attendances Interviews with parents January . . — — — February . . 26 9 — March . . 50 4 1 April . . 45 4 1 May. . 38 7 1 June. . 68 24 11 July . . 44 20 9 August . . 32 13 7 September . . 78 32 19 October . . 63 20 19 November . . 81 26 18 December. . 59 26 21 Totals . . 584 185 107