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Orthoptic Clinics
The orthoptist attends at each clinic where ophthalmic sessions are held. She
works in close conjunction with the ophthalmologists, and children who have
strabismus are referred to her for remedial treatment or post-operative exercises.
A total of 531 children received orthoptic treatment or were kept under observation
during the year.
Orthopaedic Clinic
The fortnightly session held by the consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Edmonton
Central Clinic has continued. The number of children referred to the clinic
for the first time was 54 and the total number of attendances was 110. The type of
cases seen included foot deformities, knock knee, scoliosis, kyphosis, chest deformities,
etc. It has not been possible to replace the physiotherapist so where treatment
has been necessary, the patients have been referred to hospital.
Speech Clinics
During 1967 the speech clinics were fully staffed by three whole-time speech
therapists.
In addition to their work at the clinics, the speech therapists also hold sessions
at Durants and Oaktree Schools for educationally subnormal children and two
sessions at the Junior Training School for mentally handicapped children.
There were 437 children, of whom 141 were new cases, who received treatment
or who were kept under observation. The total number of attendances was 4,047.
The various defects treated included stammer, dyslalia, stigmatism, and delayed
development of speech.
Child Guidance Centre and Clinic
The Child Guidance Centre and Clinic is situated at Garvary, Dryden Road,
Bush Hill Park. There is staffing provision for a part-time psychiatrist (eight sessions
per week), four psychiatric social workers, four educational psychologists and
two psychotherapists. The Education Committee is responsible for appointing staff
other than psychiatrists, who are appointed by the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board.
The present staff consists of one part-time psychiatrist (eight sessions per week),
one psychiatric social worker, two full-time and one part-time educational psychologists
and one psychotherapist. The psychiatric social worker and the psychotherapist
work in conjunction with the psychiatrist.
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