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Children came to the various Clinics from thirty nine of the forty
three schools in the area.
They were referred by Assistant Medical Officers, Head Teachers,
Orthodontists and General Practitioners in the area.
Children were also referred by Surgeons, Neurologists and Speech
Therapists at the following hospitals:—
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.
Mount Vernon Hospital.
Edgware General Hospital.
During 1966 twenty schools were visited and good co-operation with
the teachers established. Good co-operation continued with the staffs of
the Nursery Schools in the area and also with the Health Visitors.
Principals of two of the Speech Therapy Training Schools in London
sent students for a period of a term each. They came once a week to
observe work in the clinics in the area.
One student taking a degree in Speech at Newcastle University came
for two weeks to observe Speech Therapy treatment in the clinics. A total
of seven students came to the clinics in the area during 1966.
A meeting was arranged in November for Speech Therapists working
in the areas adjoining Harrow, and those working in the hospitals in or
near the area. It was attended by fifteen therapists, and was felt to be of
considerable value.
The total case load during 1966 was 440.
This number consisted of:—
122 Pre-school children.
318 School children.
238 children were referred in 1966
73 children were referred for an opinion, and did not require
regular treatment. Most of these were seen during school visits.
129 children admitted during 1965 were still having treatment.
440 Total
147 cases were discharged during 1966. The majority of these children
now have speech that is within the normal range.
However twenty children left the district or country before treatment
was finished—(most of these were seen at Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital).
Six were discharged because of non attendance.
Three were discharged because they were not benefiting from treatment.