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Total attendances 541
Non-attendances 198
Number on register in December 1966 33
New patients during 1966 23
Patients discharged during 1966 22
Dagenham Area - Miss Symes reports as follows:-
During 1966, I have continued to hold speech therapy clinics at the
following centres - Oxlow Lane Clinic on Mondays, Marks Gate Clinic on Tuesday
mornings, Annie Prendergast Clinic on Tuesday afternoons, Five Elms Clinic on
Wednesdays and Thursdays, and at Leys Clinic on Fridays. Attendances are good at
most clinics, except for Leys where, because of the distance from public
transport, the percentage of irregular attendance is higher than I would wish.
The Bentry School was without a speech therapist for the major part of the
year, except for a short time when an assistant speech therapist was employed.
There is still a vacancy there.
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able to mix with other children before going to school, and the opportunity they
were given to use speech freely was extremely valuable.
A session was started in the new Faircross Physically Handicapped School
and by working with a student it was possible to assess most of the children
needing speech therapy.
Speech therapy was continued at the Training Centre and group activities
were carried out in the sessions. Individual help was given to a number of the
children who, it was felt, could benefit from this type of therapy.
The figures below show the number of appointments sent at Julia Engwell
Clinic and Central Clinic during 1966.
Julia Engwell Clinic
Pre-school
Infant
Junior
Secondary
Special
Attendances
118
290
364
138
394
Non-attendances
87
215
342
93
100
Total attendances 1,304
Non-attendances 837
Number on register in December 1966 98
New patients during 1966 36
Patients discharged during 1966 30
Central Clinic
Pre-school
Infant
Junior
Secondary
Special
Attendances
83
258
84
14
102
Non-attendances
34
125
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