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PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC.
Mr. Taylor reports:—
" Another extremely busy and interesting year's work.
The remedial classes have been well attended with the older
boys age group (11-15 years) being in the majority, particularly in
the posture class. A total of 2,635 attendances have been made
which shows a slight increase on the previous year.
It is noticeable that in the posture classes the older age group
show a greater improvement than the younger age group (5-11
years), whereas in the foot classes the position is the reverse. No
doubt this is partly explained by " personal appearance " and the
fact that greater co-operation is obtained from the older children.
In the foot classes the younger children appear to find more
enthusiasm than the older children.
The spastics continued to make steady progress. One is on
the waiting list for a special school, but owing to the length of time
waiting for a vacancy, he has been admitted to Cheney Hospital,
Sevenoaks. as an interim measure, where he will get daily treatment
which is very essential to his future. Two pairs of aluminium
walking sticks have been obtained for use of the spastics and are
very beneficial in maintaining balance for these cases.
The Sunlight Clinic has not been so busy as in previous years,
a total of 768 treatments having been given as against 1,043 for
the previous year."
SPEECH CLINIC.
This is a County service, and the following report has been
furnished by the County Medical Officer :—
Mrs. Swan continues to attend at the Bromley Speech
Therapy Clinic for one session per week.
Nine cases were closed during the year. Of these, three were
closed in view of the improvement made following treatment. A
fourth case improved to the extent to which the nature of the
condition might be expected to allow. The family of one child
moved out of the district prior to completion of treatment, considerable
progress having been made. A sixth child, who had
been on the waiting list for some time, was found to have no speech
abnormality when Mrs. Swan was eventually able to see him at the
clinic. One case was found to have left school and another was
found to have left the district prior to initial appointments at the
clinic being offered. In the ninth case, treatment was arranged
elsewhere prior to appointments being offered at the clinic.
Nine cases were in contact with the clinic at the end of 1954,
and will continue to attend at the clinic into 1955.
There were 96 cases on the waiting list at the end of 1954.
The number of new cases referred during 1954 has been larger