This is a report on the cases 'that came through the Child Department of the Institute for Psychoanalysis in London over a period of one year'. The work is comparable to that done at psychoanalytically oriented child guidance clinics in this country. Since analysis was usually not available even for cases for which it was indicated (the names of some of these cases were put on a waiting list), the author tried to help with advice, psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, change of environment and application of social services.