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Some areas of the Borough are satisfactorily staffed,.with Children being
assessed soon after referral, but in other areas the Waiting List is still a cause
for concern.
Group therapy for language handicapped children has continued at the Masons
Hill Clinic, Bromley, and has proved to be of great value.
Luring the year four students from the Central School of Speech Therapy
attended the Bromley and Beckenham Clinics, and several students from the Rose
Bruford College of Speech and Drama attended the Clinics for observation study.
The figures for 1969 are as follows
Number of children referred by:-
1. Medical Officers in Department 121
2. Head Teachers 60
3. Hospital Consultants 5
4. General Practitioners 9
5. Parents 5
6. Health Visitors 9
7. Educational Psychologists 3
8. Teachers of the Deaf 3
9. Other districts 6
Total 221
Number of children seen in Clinic 437
Number of children seen in Special
Schools (including Cheyne Hospital) 80
Total 517
Sessions were also held at Woodbrook Junior Training Centre in co-operation
with the Senior Medical Officer Mental Health.
Number of attendances s-
1. Clinics 2,845
2. Special Schools (including Cheyne Hospital) 530
The numbers for Special Schools above do not include Grovelands, as again,
owing to resignations the figures are incomplete.
Number of Home Visits 202
Number of School Visits 41
Number of Initial Interviews 197
Distribution of Casess:-
Stammer 44
Dyslalia 159
Retarded Speech and language development 157
Interdental Speech 52
Lateral Speech 25
Deaf 12
Dysphonia 1
Dysphasia 5
Dysarthria 8
Nasal speech 11
Hyponasality 2
Cleft palate - repaired 16
General retardation 6
Dyspraxia 2
Total 500
Seventeen cases seen in the clinic have not been classified as therapy was
either not indicated or being received elsewhere.
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