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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Child Guidance Clinic.
Number of children referred during 1961.
| 1960 | 1961 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls Total | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
| Under 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5—7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 8—10 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 11 | — | 11 |
| 11 and over | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | 14 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 34 | |
Speech Therapy.
I am indebted to Miss Joan Pollitt, Senior Speech Therapist
to the Kent Education Committee for the following
report:—
"Seventy-seven children, who are under the care of the
Bexley Education Authority, have been dealt with within the
County Speech Therapy Services during the year.
The cases of thirty-seven of these children have been
closed and forty will continue to attend into 1962.
Of the thirty-seven closed cases, twenty-two have attended
at the Murchison Avenue Clinic, thirteen at the Woodside
Road Clinic, and two have attended at Sidcup.
The cases of the thirty-seven children have been closed for the following reasons:—
| Satisfactory results following appointments at the clinic | 28 |
| Treatment incomplete — considerable progress made — appointments then rejected | 3 |
| Treatment continued elsewhere | 3 |
| Appointments offered but never kept | 3 |
| 37 |
Seventeen of the forty children who will continue to
attend into 1962, are on the Murchison Avenue 'open' list,
twenty are being seen at the Woodside Road Clinic and
three at the Sidcup Speech Therapy Clinic.
One hundred and eighteen Bexley children were awaiting
appointments at the end of the year. Fifteen are on the
waiting list at the Murchison Avenue Clinic, and one hundred
and two at the Woodside Road Clinic, and one at Sidcup.
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