NORTHERN IRELAND
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Had official guidance been followed many cases of abuse would not have arisen, the abuse inquiry heard yesterday.
Christine Smith QC said that a 1952 memo for homes advised that bed wetting could not be attributed to any one cause, citing possible delays in learned bladder control or development.
Other factors could be feelings of not being wanted and related hopelessness in the child, she said.
If cases persisted the child should be seen by medical experts, the memo advised.
However, the inquiry has had reports from former home residents that from 1952 until during the 1970s children were being punished for wetting beds, she said.
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