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During 1955, the work of the Speech Clinic has recei
great impetus, owing to the acquisition of permanent premise
at No. 4'7 St. James' Road and the appointment of a full-ti
assistant.
The premises have 3 large treatment rooms and a common
ing room. This allows for the three Speech Therapists to
simultaneously, which in past years, has never been possible.
Weekly visits are being made to St. Giles' School for Physi
cally Handicapped Children and St. Christopher's Special School
The Speech Clinic at New Addington has been re-opened and it
hoped to increase the sessions worked there, owing to the nun
of cases needing treatment.
With the present staff and adequate premises, the waiti
list, which was considerable, has been substantially reduce
and it is now possible for the Speech Therapists to underta
treatment of the cases recommended to them, with little deli
Because for many years the waiting period has been overs
months, the more handicapped children only have been accept
for treatment. A recent survey at New Addington has shown a ctf
siderable number of handicapped children who need, and wool
benefit greatly from speech therapy. It is not possible withU
existing staff, however, to carry out such a survey of the who.
borough, otherwise the centrally placed Croydon Clinic could
overwhelmed with cases.