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This year has shown a considerable number of staff changes.
The year started with the full complement of staff allowed at
present; three part-time therapists resigned, two were appointed
and the year ended with one part-time post vacant.
Some areas of the Borough are satisfactorily staffed, with
children being assessed soon after referral, but in other areas the
Waiting List is still a cause for concern.
Group therapy for language handicapped children has continued
at the Masons Hill Clinic, Bromley, and has proved to be
of great value.
During the year four students from the Central School of
Speech Therapy attended the Bromley and Beckenham Clinics, and
several students from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and
Drama attended the Clinics for observation study.
The figures for 1969 are as follows;—
Number of children referred by:-
1. Medical Officers in Department 121
2. Head Teachers 60
3. Hospital Consultants 5
4. General Practitioners 9
5. Parents 5
6. Health Visitors 9
7. Educational Psychologists 3
8. Teachers of the Deaf 3
9. Other Districts 6
Total 221
Number of children seen in Clinic 437
Number of children seen in Special Schools
(including Cheyne Hospital) 80
Total 517
Sessions were also held at Woodbrook Junior Training Centre
in co-operation with the Senior Medical Officer Mental Health.
Number of attendances;—
1. Clinics 2,845
2. Special Schools (including Cheyne Hospital) 530
The numbers for Special Schools above do not include Grove-
lands. as again, owing to resignations the figures are incomplete.