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Three hundred and eighty-three 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 attendances was 127 and the number
of new cases was 58. The type of cases seen included foot deformities, knock knee,
scoliosis, kyphosis and chest deformities.
Again, this year, efforts to recruit a physiotherapist or a remedial gymnast have
been unsuccessful, so that the children requiring physiotherapy were referred to
hospital.
Speech Clinics
Twenty clinic sessions are held each week at eight clinic premises situated
throughout the borough.
There were 464 children, of whom 118 were new cases, who received treatment
or who were kept under observation. The total attendance was 3,124. The various
defects treated included stammer, dyslalia, sigmatism and delayed development of
speech.
In addition to their work at the clinics, the speech therapists held sessions at
Durants and Oaktree Schools for Educationally Sub-normal Children and at the
Junior Training School for Mentally Handicapped Children.
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),
two psychiatric social workers, three full-time and one part-time educational
psychologists and one psychotherapist. The psychiatric social worker and the
psychotherapist work in conjunction with the psychiatrist.
Although the centre and clinic are housed in one building, the work falls
broadly into two categories. The educational psychologists deal mainly with
educational problems and the assessment of intelligence. If the problem appears to
be basically emotional and psychiatry is indicated, the case is referred through the
School Health Service to the psychiatrist, for diagnosis and treatment by the
psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Cases are also referred to the psychiatrist by
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