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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE SPEECH CLINIC
by Miss R. Clarke, L.C.S.T.
The work of the Speech Clinic has progressed satisfactorily during the year 1950.
Unfortunately it was found necessary to move the clinic to different premises in November
of this year, and it is now installed in the grounds of Greengate School, Cave Road, E.13.
As this move is a temporary measure, it is hoped that the clinic will be returned to
Credon Road some time in the future.
Statistics:
Children attending the clinic:
Boys 106
Girls J£ 1^1
Children referred by School Health
Service and schools 127
Children referred by Maternity and
Child Welfare Department 14
Regular attendants 107
Stammerers 41
Dyslalia 75
Stammer and Dyslalia 6
Cleft Palate 2
Sigmatism 5
Hyperrhinolalia 4
Hyporhinolalia 1
Mild deafness 4
Spastic 3
Discharged improved 72
During the year several children were referred to Mr.Scott, the Aural surgeon, for
examination, and two children were referred to the Child Guidance Clinic. Eleven children
received treatment at the Elizabeth Pry Special School.
The two children referred in 19^9 to Moor House Residential School for children
with Speech defects, were accepted at the school in January. One child has since been
referred to a Residential School for Educationally Subnormal children. The other child is
still attending Moor House, and is making satisfactory progress. .
A number of visits have been made to the schools and homes of the children, and
fifteen children have had special coaching with reading, as they were found to be very
backward owing to their language difficulty. Head teachers and teachers in the schools
have been very helpful in assisting the children and taking an interest in their work at
the Speech Clinic.
There has been an increase in the number of children referred by the Maternity and
Child Welfare clinics. Sometimes such very young children do not respond to treatment,
but I have found the majority have progressed and have therefore greatly improved before
starting school. These young children attend the clinic more frequently than their elders,
but for shorter periods at a time.
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