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661 children attended Raphael House for child guidance,
including 328 new cases, as follows:-
No. of Interviews
Psychiatrist 1071
Psychiatric Social Worker 2869
Educational Psychologist 304
303 cases were under treatment at the end of the year
Speech Therapy
The Speech Therapy staffing situation has continued to
restrict the service to the most urgent cases Although an additional
full-time therapist was appointed in August, 2 members of
the staff (1 full-time and 1 part-time) resigned in November and
another full-time therapist had to revert to part-time owing to
health reasons. At the end of the year the total staff amounted to
2 full-time and 1 part-time speech therapists. This is totally
inadequate to provide a comprehensive service to all children
with speech and language problems, and only a skeleton service
can be provided until such time as the staffing situation can be
improved
322 children were newly referred for speech therapy during
the year, and 257 commenced treatment.
At the end of the year, 175 children were under treatment,
274 were being kept under observation and 118 were waiting for
treatment to be commenced
School Dental Service
18428 children received a routine dental inspection at
school during the year, and 4946 children made a total of 13065
attendances for treatment at the 9 dental clinics.
The report of the Chief Dental Officer appears on page 40.
School Clinics and treatment of minor ailments
Special school clinic sessions are held regularly at each
of the Council's clinics and at the School Clinic situated in
Hilldene Junior School These sessions are attended by school
doctors and nurses providing facilities for medical consultation,
follow up of previous medical inspections and treatment of minor
conditions
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