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We look forward to 1947 and still further steady progress.
Number attending, 1st January, 1946 101
1947 147
,, referred to Public Elementary Schools
,, discharged—
(i) Fit to do work 8
(ii) Unfit to do work —
(iii) Referred to M.D. Committee 7
Physically Defective Children.
In addition to 100 physically defective children accommodated
at St. Giles Open-air School, the Education Authority
have crippled children in the following special schools : The
Heritage Craft School, Chailey, 1 girl; Oak Bank Open-air
School, Sevenoaks, 1 girl; Henwick Mall, 3 boys; St. Catherine's
Home, 1 boy; Rob Roy, Speidhurst, 1 girl; Cony Hill Residential,
Margate, 1 boy; Campbell Rudolf Steiner, 1 boy; Fairfield
House, Broadstairs, 2 girls; White Oak Hospital, 1 girl;
St. Margaret's (Plastic), 1 boy, 1 girl; St. John's, Woodford
Bridge, 1 boy.
Speech Defects Clinic.
Total number of cases treated 118
,, ,, ,, discharged 45
,, ,, ,, still attending 73
Referred for physical treatment 8
Referred for Child Guidance Clinic 5
Number of Stammerers treated 41
,, Alalias (lack of speech development) 5
,, Cleft Palates 7
Lisps 10
Spastic Diplegia 5
Congenital Deafness 4
Dyslalia 46
During 1946 the work of the Speech Clinic has settled down
to normal conditions, ft is gratifying to note that the age of
admittance is considerably lower than in former years, thus
showing an increased awareness by parents and teachers of the
desirability of obtaining treatment as soon as possible. The
Speech Therapists, would, however, welcome still more requests
from the M. and C.W. clinics for patients admittance. If normal
speech can be established before the child commences school
life, it is then enabled to face its new environment with confidence
and assurance.