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Child Guidance
Figures for school children are as follows:—
No. of cases referred 22
No. who received treatment (plus 14 referred in 1955) 9
(Of this number, 2 were subsequently recommended for
residential placement as Maladjusted Children.)
No. of cases closed—left district or appointments not kept ... 2
No. of cases referred but still awaiting investigation at end of
year 11
Participation in case conferences has continued to be of invaluable
help and interest, and we are grateful to Dr. Davidson and her team
at the llford Child Guidance Clinic for their enthusiastic support.
As an Appendix (pages 31 to 36) will be found for reference
purposes some notes on Maladjusted Children which were presented
to the Barkii g Committee for Education.
Paediatric Clinic
Dr. S.P. Dimson, Consultant Paediatrician, continued to hold
fortnightly sesions at Upney Clinic during 1956, and school children
were seen as follows:—
New cases 69
Re- mination 272
Total attendances 341
During t year the treatment of eneuretics by using an alarm
apparatus was commenced.
B.C.G. VACCINATION
B.C.G. V Vaccination is offered to the parents of all 13-year-old
children, and normally carried out in the term preceding their
fourteenth bir. .ay.
A Mantc —as well as a Heaf Puncture—Test is undertaken in
every case and where there is a positive reaction the child is referred
to the Barking hest Clinic for X-ray.
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