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Stammerers attend two classes each week. The average
number attending these classes was six.
Children with defective speech attend twice a week and
are dealt with by the teacher individually.
The Speech Clinic is under the charge of Miss Sinclair.
The work during 1938 has been very satisfactory. At the end
of each term reports are received from the head teachers of
the schools which the children attend. These reports have
been very helpful. In a great majority of cases some improvement
has been noted and in many the improvement has been
very marked. The co-operation of the teachers and parents
is a most important side of the work.
Relaxation, together with rhythmic movements with the
help of the gramophone, are important features of the treatment
carried out for the stammerers. On the whole the
parents have co-operated quite well. Difficulty was experienced
with the attendance of some of the Surrey children
owing to the distances which they had to come.
As in previous years every effort has been made to obtain
the co-operation of the parents in overcoming these defects of
speech. It is essential that the principles laid down in the
Speech Clinic should, as far as possible, be carried out in the
homes.
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The means adopted to prevent the spread of infectious
diseases among school children are:—
(a) The exclusion of children suffering from infectious
diseases or coming from infected houses;
(b) Closure of schools or departments;
(c) Disinfection of schools.
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