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Adolescent Clinic
This is the third year during which this clinic has been held. The sessions
are held once a week in the early evening, and are staffed by Dr. Hodgson, Miss
Milbank, and Mrs. Broad.
Dr. Hodgson reports as follows
"1963 was a year of settling down to a pattern of routine at the clinic;
a pattern of behaviour and of work, and on the whole this has been a very
successful year.
The clinic has now been running for three years and each year the number
of children attending has almost exactly doubled the previous year's figures
and this fact must speak for the success of the venture.
This year, Mrs. Broad, Health Visitor, has joined Miss Milbank at the
clinic and we are very grateful for her generous help. She is now well able
to take the leadership of a group of girls in discussion and debate and has
contributed some valuable suggestions in the running of the clinic.
The total number of attendances was 731
Average number per session 26
Total number of sessions 28
Maximum number attending at one session 38
Minimum number attending at one session 7
Maximum attendance over year per child 24
Minimum attendance over year per child 1
Total number of children attending in 1963 132
Total number of children attending for over 1 year 80
Total number attending for first time this year 52
It will be seen from the above figures that 80 children had been attending
for over a year, and there was an average of 1.85 adolescents new at each
session.
The films shown were as follows
Old Wives Tales
That They May Live
The Teens
Nothing to Eat but Pood
Making the Best of Yourself
Hair and Scalp
Filmstrips
Bathing Baby
Female Reproduction System
3 years and 5 senses
Basis for Beauty
Child Development
How Was I to Know
The last mentioned is a film strip on venereal disease with recorded
dialogue. This was very well received; a repeat showing was requested and
many questions were asked. On this topic also a lecture discussion was
given, making use of old wartime poster material; these also were remarkably
well accepted and gave rise to many questions and a lengthy discussion.
This year we were also very fortunate in obtaining the services of Mrs.
Starr and her staff who gave us a most excellent demonstration on Hairdressing
and Care of the Hair, and we are sincerely grateful for their unselfish
gesture in giving so much time and thought to the demonstration.
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