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B.C.G. VACCINATION
Details of school children offered protection against tuberculosis by B.C.G.
vaccination through the approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National
Health Service Act, 1946, during the year ended 31st December, 1963, are as follows:—
1. Number of children whose parents consented to participate 1,733
2. Number of those who were tested and found to be
(a) Negative 1,446
(b) Positive 57
3. Number of those who were given B.C.G. vaccination 1,446
SPEECH THERAPY
The Speech Therapy Department has had another busy year and the number of
children referred has risen slightly.
The year's figures are as follows:—
Number on roll at 1st January, 1963 203
New cases during the year 93
Number discharged 71
Number on roll at 31st December, 1963 225
Number of attendances at Speech Therapy Clinics 2,625
The types of speech defect treated follow the established pattern:—
1. Dyslalia—omission or substitution of consonants 125
2. Development aphasia—delayed or absent speech 52
3. Stammering 34
4. Dysarthria—physical defects of the speech organs 5
5. Aphasia associated with mental subnormality 7
6. Disorder arising from deafness 1
7. Dysphonia 1
Speech therapy sessions are held at nearly all the Ealing clinics and treatment may
be started where appropriate from about three and a half years of age.
The Speech Class which caters for up to ten pupils with severe speech defects, has
settled in to its new premises at Brentside Infants' School under the care of a new
teacher, Mrs. I. Matyiaszek.
During the year four children were admitted and six discharged.
ASTHMA CLINIC
Unfortunately, the work of the Asthma Clinic this year has been hampered by the
absence of a Physiotherapist since Mrs. B. J. Kane left in September, 1963.
A skeleton service has been continued by the physiotherapists who do orthopaedic
work, but the anxious enquiries of parents have left us in no doubt about the need to
continue a regular service of breathing exercises.
During the year there were 707 attendances.
FOOT HEALTH
In 1962 the Health Education Department of the Middlesex County Council
decided to make a film on the care of children's feet and asked for the help of this
department. 1963 has seen the completion of this film. Directed by Dr. C. Hollman,
photographed by Mr. Read, the technical assistant to the County's Healty Education
Department, and with much advice from Dr. W. G. Booth, the film was in fact
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