London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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and a student from the Institute of Education, all qualified teachers attending specialized
courses. The help provided alleviates the referral problem to some extent pending more
specialized treatment, i.e. psychotherapy, placement in a school for maladjusted child
ren or, alternatively, an improvement in the child's difficulties.
In August last, Mrs. Chandler, psychotherapist, left to join the staff of Exeter
University and was replaced by Miss Marriott who, in addition to these duties, is
employed as clinic remedial teacher on a sessional basis.
The enlargement of Oldfield Day Schools for Maladjusted Children, by the addition
of an Infant Department and the provision of a new Junior Mixed building, has
enabled us more readily to place children in need of this kind of help in a school setting
and it is hoped that facilities will be made in the near future for senior children whilst
keeping the numbers within the bounds of therapeutic possibility. For this latter reason
also, we have more recently been reluctant to accept children from the catchment areas.
Athelstan House continues to provide an educational and therapeutic environment
for the autistic children of this Borough and also from some of the outlying districts.
Our numbers are restricted to ten children and there are at present a number on the
waiting list. Since we prefer to feel that we can best help the younger children this
does mean that our turnover is not very rapid and here again, as at Oldfield Schools,
we are coming to a point where restriction of intake of children to our own Borough
begins to seem necessary. During the past year one child has been successfully established
in one of our junior schools and we look forward to placing other children at
Clarendon or other primary schools.
Table XVIII.
Child Guidance Treatment.
| Number of oases known to have been treated. | |
|---|---|
| Pupils treated at Child Guidance Clinics | 226 |
Table XIX. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
| Number of cases known to have been treated. | |
|---|---|
| (a) Pupils treated at clinics or out-patient departments | 162 |
| (b) Pupils treated at school for postural defects | 30 |
| 192 |
Orthopaedic Clinic, 20, Seymour Road, Hampton Wick.
The North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board withdrew the services of
the orthopaedic consultant to this clinic at the end of the year. The children under
the consultant's care at the clinic were transferred to the session for child orthopaedic
patients run weekly by the orthopaedic consultant at West Middlesex Hospital.
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