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Apart from dealing with the children in Kingsley Hall our Physiotherapist sees seven or
eight children who come in from all parts of Barking.
During this year we were visited weekly for about four months by Dr. Peter Rosenbaum who
came from Toronto on a Fellowship to Great Ormond Street Hospital and was writing a thesis on
the facilities for physically handicapped children who were attending Kingsley Hall. He also
interviewed the staff, the health visitors, the social workers etc. This thesis was written in conjunction
with investigation at the Physiotherapy Department at Great Ormond Street. His general
conclusion was that both children and parents benefited from a small centre in their own neighbourhood
where they could spend the whole day as they can at Kingsley Hall more than at a large highly
organised centre to which they might have to travel long distances.
We have had frequent periodic visits from staff and students at the Wolfson Centre throughout
the year both to give us help and to see something of our management of these children.
We were very honoured when the local Consultant Paediatrician, Dr. Nauth-Misir, came to
see us. He seemed very impressed with the facilities available and the work done at Kingsley Hall.
He has used it quite a lot over many years for his handicapped patients but this was his first visit
and we hope he will come again often.

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