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Children found to be Mantoux positive were referred to the
Chest Clinic for chest X-ray but none of these was found to have active
disease.
Child Guidance
The work of the clinic has continued as for last year with
no major change in policy or administration. The staffing of the
clinic has improved with the appointment of a full time psychiatric
social worker.
The day unit for the emotionally disturbed of the preadolescent
age group will re-open in January 1970 after a term's closure
and will be under the direction of Miss White and her assistant Mrs.
Hyde. The unit will have four pupils at the commencement of term and
will have places for four more.
This unit provides a valuable service but expansion is
required in order to include the younger children of nursery and primary
school age for whom there is inadequate provision at present.
Although infrequently required, there is no provision for
the psychiatric in-patient treatment at present. A small unit would
be a great advantage for the child requiring close observation and investigation
and would obviate the necessity of sending children further
afield when in-patient treatment is required, thus interrupting the
continuity of treatment with all the pitfalls such a situation contains
for the child in question.
More and more 'families' as distinct from the referred child
attend the clinic for treatment. It is more widely recognised that the
referred child is the ambassador for the family in many cases. Consequently
it becomes increasingly difficult to say whether the clinic
treats more children than adults, for in the long run the two are
inextricably mixed. In this context, the title 'Child Guidance Clinic'