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senior speech therapist and her colleagues set
up an experimental summer school for such
children The knowledge gained and the
successful outcome has led to the establish
ment of a permanent class for these children
with the approval of the Education Committee
and this is fully reported on page 53
Similarly an interesting report on their first
year of attachment to the special schools and
special units in the borough written by the two
medical social workers concerned is to be
found on page 64
An illuminating report by Mr D H Norman
chief dental officer on the school dental
service is to be found on page 78
In January I broadcast on 3 B C. radio 4 on
the programme Children with special needs
which was designed to help parents with
handicapped children and in July I was nominated
to serve on a Working Party on the * Future
Needs of Handicapped Children under the
auspices of the London Boroughs Association
and later presented the final report to the
Association In September I was similarly
nominated to serve on the London Boroughs
Association Officers W6rking Party on the
Green Paper and Seebohm reports and on
several occasions acted as medical adviser to
the London Boroughs Assuciation at their
subsequent meetings with the Secretary of
State 1:or Social Services at the House of
Commons It is of the utmost importance that
the contemplated changes in the future should
lead to beiter health and social services for
the patients and clients in the community
The student and occupational health services
in the borough continue to occasion widespread
interest and Dr Broadbent s reports on pages 75
and 79shew their increasing scope which has
encouraged a number of outside visitors to
come and look for themselves In January I
was requested by the Greater London Council
to act as their medical adviser in regard to the
student health part of their Greater London
(General Powers) 3i 11 1967/68 The main
recommendation was that the service for
students under the age of 19 years should be
extended to include students of all age groups
This occasioned my attendance at the
committee stages at both the House of Commons
in April and the House of Lords in July
Amongst the publications and research
projects carried out or commenced during the
year I would like to draw attention to the following
(a) A joint paper was written on The absence
of response of some tongue conditions in
children to administration of vitamins by
Professor John Yudkin Queen Elizabeth
College London Mr D H Norman chief
dental officer London Borough of Hounslow
Dr M.E Wilkinson deputy medical officer
of health London Borough of Houns;ow and
Dr W T.C Berry Department of Health and
Social Security This paper shewn on page
76 of the report describes the investigations
carried out in Hounslow at the request of the
Department of Health and Social Security and
will be presented to the Nutrition Society
(b) A joint research project was commenced with
consultants and medical staff at West Middle
sex and South Middlesex Hospitals and medical
and nursing staff of the 3orough s Health
Department on the incidence and other features
of infective Hepatitis
(c) A major joint obstetric/child health "esearch
project including consultant and staff at West
Middlesex Hospital medical and other staff
at the WolfsonCentre Institute of Child Health
London and medical and other staff of the
Borough s Health Department The Department
of Health and Social Security is shewing
considerable interest in this project
(d) A paper was published in Developmental
Medicine and Child Neurology on Direction
of Drawing Movements in brain damaged
children by Mrs M L J Abercrombie
Paediatric Research Unit Guy s Hospital
Dr Robert L Lindon Medical Officer of
Health London Borough of Hounslow and
Dr M C Tyson Senior Psychologist London
Borough of Hounslow and is reproduced on
page 57.
(e) Professor Neville 3utler of University College
Hospital London requested me to help the
National 3irthday Trust Fund in their next
important follow up survey of 17 000 eleven
year old children who were born 3rd 9th March
1958 by testing the records and carrying out
the preliminary pilot survey in Hounslow with
the help of the Department of Health s doctors
and nurses
The BBC filmed aspects of the pilot survey
for broadcasting on their television programme
Horizon
(f) The development of the Hounslow Project
continued throughout the year and the Hounslow
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