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DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
A Specialist Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant attends weekly at Central
Clinic.
Pupils known to have been treated
Received operative treatment:-
(a) for diseases of the ear 4
(b) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 131
(c) for other nose and throat conditions 3
Received other forms of treatment 198
Total number of pupils in schools who are known to have been provided with
hearing aids:-
(a) in 1967 10
(b) in previous years 75
ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
An Orthopaedic Consultant attends monthly at Leys Clinic where a wholetime
physiotherapist is also in attendance.
Pupils known to have been treated
(a) at clinics or out-patient departments 363
(b) at school for postural defects –
CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC
Dr. E. Danos, Locum Consultant Psychiatrist, reports as follows:-
"I have worked in the Barking Child Guidance Clinic since the end of
September 1967. The majority of cases seen in my four-weekly sessions have
been behaviour problems - as it is the case in the majority of child guidance
clinics. An organic cause underlying the symptoms was relatively infrequent.
A few of the children were referred for a second opinion to consultants in other
hospitals. When cerebral dysrhythmia was suspected the children were referred
to the E.E.G. Department of Goodmayes Hospital and we received great help from
them. Not having an in-patient unit of our own, we referred children to Dr.
Little at Whipps Cross Hospital who always came to our rescue.
"Much of the behavious disturbance of children seems to be inherent in the
social structure of the family. Frequently father is away from home owing to
his work, for shorter or longer hours, or on account of illness, or else
because he has abandoned the family; occasionally only is his absence due to
a prison sentence. When father can give no moral or financial support, mother
often works and is unable to see the children off to school or wait for their
return from school - this seems to trigger off a great deal of delinquency.
When father is hard and unloving but mother is able to give some support to the
children, the children frequently produce anxiety symptoms, such as bedwetting
or nightmares or present with obsessional behaviour.
"Since the weather improved about mid-April, aggressive acting out of doors,
such as breaking into houses in twos or threes has been very frequent. There
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