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that many patients did not attend the clinic until 2 or 3 appointments
had been made. Although most of these were for return of the
buzzer, an opportunity was lost to personally question the patient.
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics
Miss M.Mason, F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Ear,
Nose and Throat Specialist.
Figures for treatment are:-
Operative treatment (cases):-
(a) For diseases of the ear None
(b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 92
(c) For other nose and throat conditions 24
Other forms of treatment (cases) 157
Child Guidance
I wish to thank Miss C.Helen Watt, Educational Psychologist,
Ilford Child Guidance Clinic, for the following report on "The School
psychological Service in Barking":-
"During the year we held, at the Child Guidance Clinic, a series
of discussions for teachers on the subject of emotionally disturbed
children. The meetings were open to Ilford and Barking teachers.
In order to focus the discussion on the practical situation which
faces the teacher we gave as the title for our discussions "The
problem of dealing with emotionally disturbed children in class
teaching". Although we started by discussing the classroom situation
tion, the discussions tended to develop in such a way that people
stated their views, in a rather theoretical and generalised fashion,
about the causes of emotional disturbance and we got rather far
from the classroom situation.
In all the discussions, the parents were mentioned as impor-
tant in connection with the children's problems and because of the
interest in this, we invited the psychiatric social workers to attend
the last meeting to describe the aims of their work with parents.
As the group varied in composition at each meeting, different
people attending each time and only a few coming to all or most
meetings, we really had to start the discussion afresh each time
for there was little chance to achieve continuity of discussion.
We hope to hold further such meetings in the future. We have
learnt from the meetings we have already had that we need to be
more specific in our subjects for discussion and we may example
ask people to present for discussion more detailed accounts of
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