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Two boys were transferred to Institutions during the year.
Eight boys proceeded to employment and of these six are still in
their original posts and two have already bettered themselves.
One girl returned to her normal school and two are now
employed.
Two ineducable children were excluded and recommended
for Institutional treatment.
Both boys and girls have taken part keenly in swimming activities,
and four certificates were gained during the year.
Efforts will be made as soon as possible to gain football and
netball activities for senior scholars.
(vi) Child Guidance Clinic.—Dr. Helen Gillespie,
Psychiatrist to the Child Guidance Clinic, submits the following
report:—
Staffing.—The structural alterations to the clinic premises
having been completed, and the rooms suitably furnished and
equipped, it was possible to increase the clinic staff, and Dr. Haffner
and Dr. Craike were appointed as Psychiatrists early in the year.
Dr. Craike found it necessary to resign his appointment in August,
1949. Dr. Haffner commenced his duties in July, 1949, and is
now working six sessions a week.
Following the resignation of Mrs. Seglow at the end of 1948,
we were without a second Psychiatric Social Worker until May,
1949, when Mrs. Robinson took up her duties, but she resigned
in November, 1949.
Mr. Secretan left the clinic in August, 1949, and Miss E. M.
Smith took his place as Educational Psychologist in Walthamstow.
Mrs. Barker has been working six play therapy sessions since
March, 1949.