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The number of school children referred to Mr. Gillis
during the year was 64.
Skin Clinic
Dr. P.M. Deville, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Consultant
Dermatologist, attends the Skin Clinic at Upney Clinictwice
a month, and during the year 916 attendances were made to
his clinic.
Child Guidance
The number of cases referred to the Child Guidance
Clinic numbered 24.
Participation in case conferences has continued to be
of invaluable help and interest, and we are grateful to
Dr. W. Gurassa, Consultant Psychiatrist, and his team at
the clinic for their enthusiastic support. It gives me
pleasure to include the following report by Dr. Gurassa on
the work of his clinic:-
"There have been a number of changes in staff
during the past year, principally in the appointment of
myself as Medical Director in place of Dr. Davidson,
and Miss Watt as Psychologist in place of Mr. Pickett,
the latter appointment after a gap of several months. We
have been fortunate in obtaining permission to appoint
an additional Psychiatric Social Worker, who is very
much needed to relieve the pressure on our two present
Social Workers. These changes have necessitated the
renewal of contact with various agencies concerned with
children in the area, in particular the schools where the
lack of a Psychologist was acutely felt.
We have endeavoured to continue and extend
Dr. Davidson's policy of integrating the clinic's activities
with those of other agencies concerned with the
education and welfare of children, and the current year
has seen a Considerable increase of contact with such
people as Head Teachers, Probation Officers, School
Attendance Officers etc., so that we are increasingly
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