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Analysis of 74 patients seen
Cured (i.e. no enuresis during previous 6 weeks) 56
Much improved (i.e. reduced from every night to 2 - 3 times
a week 12
No improvement 6
Total 74
The enuresis clinic, held fortnightly, continued to show very encouraging
results during this third year of its operation. The older type of alarms with
the plastic exterior buzzer, are slowly being replaced by a more robust machine.
This will contribute to better results, because a frequent cause of failure is
the inability of the older machine to awaken a deeply sleeping child.
Seventy of the children seen were referred to this clinic by other Assistant
Medical Officers, and only four from local general practitioners.
All patients listed as "cured" are told to return at any time should
enuresis occur again. In fact, in only four cases did this occur.
As any benefit derived from use of the alarm has been found to manifest
itself during the first few weeks of its use, patients are now allowed to keep
it for 10 weeks and not 12 weeks as was the previous practice. This, plus the
fact that we now have more alarms, has removed a long waiting list of patients
requiring the alarm.
SPEECH THERAPY
Dagenham Area
For many years past, there have been very few changes to report in the
organisation and running of the speech therapy clinics within the area. However,
with the amalgamation in April 1965 of Dagenham and Barking into the one London
Borough of Barking, alteration in the existing services has come about, although
naturally the work itself has not been affected and the needs of our patients
have still been met.
We were exceedingly sorry to lose Miss Eileen Shipley in August 1965, when
she transferred to Enfield. Miss Shipley had worked here for eight years, and
was much respected by staff and public alike, and her work had been of a very
high standard. Miss Shipley has not yet been replaced and so Miss Symes has been
carrying on the work of all speech therapy clinics in the Dagenham area, except
for the Bentry School Clinic, which until the end of 1965 has been without a
therapist.
The number of patients under treatment at the end of the year was 101, and
the number of treatments given was 2,142. 211 patients had been treated, of whom
138 were boys and 73 were girls.
During 1965, 110 patients were discharged, these figures being made up as
follows:-
Speech normal 74
Non-attendance 18
No further progress likely 8
Transferred to other areas 6
Left school 3
Discharged at parents' request 1
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