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Adolescent Clinic
This is the fourth year during which this clinio 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:-
"It seems hardly possible that it is very nearly four years since we started
the first clinic for Adolescents; and one of our "old girls" is now married and
expecting her first baby.
The early months of 1964 were extremely busy, with an attendance each week
of between 20 and 30 girls and an average of 2 to 3 new girls each session - but
unfortunately I was away in America for four weeks in the spring and we had to
cancel the clinic; it is not really possible to manage large clinics on a
smaller staff. The number of children attending dropped quite considerably after
this interval.
We were, however, very honoured to be asked by the Robert Clack Technical
College to arrange some talks for their senior pupils in the summer. This we
were glad to do. We arranged two film sessions, followed by group discussion on
the physiology of sex and venereal disease. A meeting was also arranged between
several of the teaching and medical staff to discuss the teaching of these
subjects in school, and we felt that a great deal had been learnt by both
professions.
I found myself away again for six weeks in the early autumn, and so the
Christmas Term was not started until the beginning of November, and at first the
number of children attending was again small, but by Christmas they were again
increasing, and I expect in a few weeks we shall be back to normal.
Despite these two interruptions of the clinic, it has been a satisfying
year - many mothers have enquired about the subjects we teach, and many parents
have expressed their gratitude for the interest taken in their girls. ,
The clinic numbers were as follows 1-
Total number of attendances throughout the year 455
Total number of sessions 26
Total number of new girls 24
Largest number of individual attendances out of
possible 26 23
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