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teaching of those children who can respond to more
formal work in the mornings but who are not yet
sufficiently adjusted emotionally to return to normal
schools. This has enabled a few more children to
be taken into the school, which comprises both
Infant and Junior age groups, as the remaining
original members become older. The class continues
to be of absorbing interest to the clinic as
weekly conferences are held on the progress of the
children.
The Special Classes at Valentines School are
always well up to strength but over the year the
waiting list has been of manageable proportions which
makes the psychologists' job much easier because
instead of asking parents to agree to their child
being admitted at an unspecified future date it is now
possible to assure them that this should be within
two terms. It is encouraging that the number of
children needing to have remedial teaching in Secondary
Schools seems to have dropped. We hope that
this is accounted for by retarded children being reported
either at the top of the Infants or in the first
two years of the Juniors and that there is not a concealed
iceberg base of illiterate seniors, but we have
no evidence in the Ilford area to justify such a gloomy
prospect. The help the children receive from attending
Valentines School continues to be invaluable
both to the children themselves and to all the other
schools who can refer backward children in the
knowledge that something can be done."
Summary
New cases 147
Follow-ups for clinic 142
Follow-ups for schools 48
Remedial Education 14
Children referred to C.G.C. 2
ILFORD ENURESIS CLINIC
Dr. J. M. Pooley, Medical Officer in charge, reports
as follows:-
During the 12 months ended December 31st,
1961, the clinic continued to be held on Wednesday