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Northbury - 29 children have been helped including two mentally handicapped
children, seven children having difficulty with speech, four disturbed children,
three from unhappy homes and one partially deaf child, one physically handicapped
child.
Julia Engwell - 38 children have been helped including two completely deaf
children, one autistic child, two mentally backward children, five with speech
difficulty and two very timid children who would not mix.
Thames View - 24 children have been helped including two mentally backward
children, one spastic little girl, and six having speech difficulty.
KINGSLEY HALL DAY CENTRE
We were very sorry indeed to lose Sister Torrington this year, and wish her
every happiness in her new home in America. We welcome Sister Daly in her place,
and hope she will enjoy the work at Kingsley Hall. We also wish Miss Howe a
happy retirement - she left us this year after 26 years' work in the nurseries.
The day centre has continued to function very well. The average daily
attendance was 15.5 The number of new admissions was 11, and the number of
discharges 8. All those discharged were sent to school or training centre
suitable for their requirements.
We continue to have most helpful weekly visits from Miss Hodges(the teacher
of the deaf) and also two sessions a week from Mrs. Warwick our physiotherapist
who is a most valuable member of the staff.
We have been most fortunate to have the services of a very devoted volunteer
worker, Miss May Smith, who comes every Friday for the whole day. The children
and staff look forward to her weekly visits, and she has never failed us.
We have had our usual amount of interested visitors from various parts of
the country, and we also had a visit from Dr. Rioux from Washington, U.S.A., who
was very interested in our work.
Altogether it was a successful and progressive year.
CYTOLOGY CLINICS
During 1966 we continued to hold a weekly session for cervical cytology at
Oxlow Lane Clinic. The public response was very good and we have been able to
send 20 appointments per week. The session proved very useful, as apart from
detecting two carcinomas-in-situ, many other gynaecological conditions have been
referred for specialist advice. I't has also been possible to give instruction
in the self-detection of breast cancer.
With the growth of laboratory facilities we were in the happy position of
being able to increase our service to the public by starting a cytology clinic at
Porters Avenue Clinic in November and by seeing a greater number of patients at
Upney Clinic. Of 675 patients examined in these two clinics, 4 cases of
carcinoma-in-situ were detected and a number of cases were referred for other
gynaecological conditions.
The total number of patients seen was 1,186 of which 104 were referred to
hospital for further investigation and treatment.
I am most grateful to the consultant gynaecologists who very kindly
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