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Total number of examinations made by the Surgeon 574
Total number of cases discharged by the Surgeon 75
Average number of examinations per session 44.2
Number of treatments given 7,209
Number of attendances for after care 2,022
Number of sessions held—Inspection 13
Treatment 443
Number of visits by instrument maker 29
Admissions to hospital 18
Operated on in out-patient departments 3
Operations performed 19
Children transferred from Connaught Hospital 26
(e) Cardiac Clinic.—The Specialist Clinic in the charge of Dr.
Mary Wilmers has continued. The reduction in sessions is a reflection
on the fewer cases of these defects now found in children.
The following shows the work done at the clinic during 1955:—
Number of sessions 5
„ attendances 45
„ „ new cases 13
„ ,, old cases 32
„ discharged 7
„ referred to hospital—Out-patient 2
In-patient -
(f) Child Guidance Clinic.—The Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr.
Helen Gillespie, reports as follows:—
"In April last Miss L. Folkart joined the staff of the clinic as
Lay Psychotherapist, working two sessions per week. The total
number of these lay psychotherapy sessions is now eight per week.
In addition, two extra sessions per month were worked by the
Psychiatrist between September and December, so as to relieve the
waiting list of children referred for an assessment. These were later
discontinued, as in the time at the disposal of the rest of the team we
were unable to take on for treatment the extra cases diagnosed, and
it is against the policy of the clinic to keep patients waiting for
treatment after a diagnostic interview.
"The clinic clerical staff appear to be working under great
pressure. It has been felt throughout that they were unable to cope
with the enormous demands made on their time. The appointment
of a third clerical assistant would be very much appreciated by the
Child Guidance teams."
The following tables show the work of the clinic during the
year. Figures for Walthamstow cases only are shown:—