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Sessions are held at six clinics throughout the borough.
Owing to a shortage of chiropodists and because most of the work on childrens' feet
consists of the treatment of single verruca, most of this work has been taken over by
clinic nurses.

Speech Therapy Clinics
The following types of defect were encountered during the year:-
Dyslalia (confusion of articulation) 335
Delayed development of speech and/or language 74
Aphasia or dysphasia (absence or disorder of speech
and/'or language due to neurological causes) 23
Anarthria or dysarthria (neuro-muscular disorders of
muscles of articulation) 7
Aphonia or dysphonia (disorders of voice) 8
Cleft Palate 12
Stammer 57
Dysenia (articulatory defect arising from hearing loss) 7
523
Ophthalmology Clinics
Ophthalmic sessions are carried out in the borough as follows:-
Avenue Road Clinic - Dr. B. Bradley, M.D., D.O.M.S. 1 session per week
Mattock Lane Clinic - Dr. L.H. Macfarlane, M.D., B.S.,
D.P.H., D.O.M.S. 1 session per week
Jubilee Gardens Clinic - Dr. L.H. Macfarlane 2 sessions per month
Islip Manor Clinic - Dr. M. Billinghurst, M.B., B.S.,
D.O.M.S. 1 session per month
Ravenor Park Clinic - Dr. M. Billinghurst
3 sessions per month
The Ophthalmologists working in the Ealing Clinics are all on the staff of local
hospitals, and there is thus a close link between our clinics and the local hospitals,
and any operative or other treatment required can be readily obtained without a break
in continuity.
The figures for attendance are as follows:-
33