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Types of Defect
Dyslalia 79
Stammer 36
Stammer with dyslalia 9
Slgmatlsm 16
Hyperrhinolalia 5
Cleft palate 5
Dysarthria 1
Dysphonla 1
Cerebral palsy 17
Discharged Improved 63
The children who received treatment at the Elizabeth Fry Spastic Unit numbered 23.
Of these nine needed daily treatment and the rest required two or three treatments a
week. It is becoming increasingly difficult under the present staffing to arrange
sufficient speech therapy for these children.
Similarly at Gurney Special School it has been possible to arrange for only one
session a week. This means that only the more severe cases receive treatment. These
children have been found to benefit from speech therapy over a period of time and we wish
it could be possible for more of the children with speech difficulty in this school of
which there are quite a large proportion, to have treatment. It is also well known that
little and often" is a necessary motto to adopt in work with these children.
We have continued with the pre-school group, and nine children referred from the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department have joined the group during the year. It has been
noticed that the majority of the children respond quickly to treatment at this age, and it
is felt that this is most probably due to the lack of an established habit factor in very
young children.
Once again our thanks are due to all those who have co-operated in our work.
CHILD GUIDANCE. This clinic is held at the Credon Road School, Plaistow, E.13. and
is open daily (Monday to Friday) from 9 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. Dr.T.P.Riordan, the Medical
Director of the clinic has kindly sent the following report on the year's work.
REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE WEST HAM CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC
by
T.P.Riordan, M.D., B.Ch., D.P.M.
The table of statistics following this report covers the main features of the work of
the Child Guidance Clinic for the year 1956.
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