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From September until March, one session per week was devoted to
visiting schools. Good liaison was established with the head teachers
and their staff. Children were referred to the speech department by
medical officers, head teachers and general practitioners. A number of
children were referred from Great Ormond Street, Northwick Park and
Edgware General Hospitals.
At the beginning of the year, 350 children were already receiving
treatment. New admissions throughout the year totalled 232 (pre-school
80; school 152). The total number of children attending the speech
therapy clinic was 582.
The number of children discharged was 223. 196 were discharged with
satisfactory speech, 26 left the Borough and one did not wish for therapy.
A number of speech therapy students have attended the Caryl Thomas
and Northolt Road Clinics for observation and clinical practice.
The total number of children admitted for treatment during 1971 was
189 (65 pre-school; 124 school-age). There were 376 children referred
during 1970 or earlier still receiving treatment and in addition, 17 children
at the Harrow Junior Training School. The total case load for 1971 was
582. Discharges totalled 172.
During the year, 5 students from the Speech Therapy Training Schools
observed treatment in the clinics.