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Child Guidance
Figures for school children are as follows: —
No. of cases referred 34
No. who received treatment (plus 9 referred in 1956) 21
(Of this number, one was subsequently recommended
for residential placement as a Maladjusted Child.)
No. of cases closed—left district or appointments not
kept _
No. of cases referred but still awaiting investigation at
end of year 13
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 ir enthusiastic
support.
Paediatric Clinic
The Consultant Paediatrician of the Regional Hospital Board
holds a session each fortnight at the Upney Clinic and during 1957
school children were seen as follows:—
New cases 70
Re-examination
Total attendances 342
Dr. S. B. Dimson who had been the Consultant Paediatrician for
some time terminated his service in Barking on the 18th June and.
pending the appointment of his successor. Dr. T. Savage undertook
locum duties.
B.C.G. VACCINATION
B.C.G. Vaccination is offered to all 13-year-oid children, and
is normally carried out in the term preceding their fourteenth birthday.
A Mantoux—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 Chest Clinic for X-ray.
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