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Thirty nine of these children have attended at the Bexley
Clinic and three have attended at the Sidcup Clinic.
The cases of these forty-two children have been closed
for the following reasons:—
Satisfactory results following appointment at the
clinics 31
Treatment incomplete owing to patient leaving
the district or for other reasons. In three cases,
great improvement had occurred; in two cases too
few appointments had been kept for any appreciable
change to have been made 5
Transferred to Child Guidance Clinic 1
Found to have improved whan first seen by
speech therapist 1
Investigation incomplete—left district or proved
un-cooperative 3
Appointments offered but never kept and no reply
received to letters sent to the parents 1
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Sixty-four children, under the care of the Bexley Authority,
who were attending at the clinics during 1956 will continue
to attend into 1957. Fifty-six of these children attend
at the Bexley Clinic, one attends at the Crayford Clinic and
seven attend at the Sidcup Clinic.
Eleven children under the care of the Bexley Authority,
were waiting appointments at the end of 1956. These children
were on the waiting list at the Bexley Clinic.
Sweep Frequency Pure Tone Audiometry.
During the Educational Year, September 1956 to July
1957, 965 children were tested during their last year in the
infants' schools, i.e. during their seventh year. Of this number
867 passed and 98 failed. The latter children were referred
to the School Medical Officers for investigation and any
minor conditions causing temporary deafness were treated.
In addition, 375 children of all age groups were tested
as special cases referred from various sources including
teachers, and of this number 228 passed and 147 failed. The
375 children mentioned above included those children in the
main survey who had been examined by the School Medical
Officers and found to require a re-test following treatment or
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