[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Handicapped Pupils. (■ 1 On Register Xewly Ascer- tained .attending Special School Newly Placed Requiring Placement M. F. Blind or Partially Sighted 1 ■- 2 — — — Deaf 1 — — — — — Delicate 10 5 3 4 4 — f Epileptic 1 — — 1 — — Physically Handicapped .. 10 2 2 4 — 1 Maladjusted 4 3 — 2 — 1 Educationally Sub-normal 19 10 2 5 — 7 Section 57, Education Act, 1944. Children notified under Section 57(3) as ineducable ... 1 Children notified to the Health Committee under 57(5) as requiring supervision after leaving school ... .3 Speech Therapy. The County Speech Therapist has kindly supplied the follow- ing report on Canterbury children attending the Whitstable Road Speech Clinic during 1956. “ During 1956, 33 Canterbury City children have attended at the Whitstable Road Si^eech Therapy Clinic. The cases of 11 of these children have been closed during the year and 22 will continue to attend at the clinic into 1957. “ The cases of the 11 children have been closed for the follow- ing reasons :— Satisfactory result following appointments at the clinic ... ... ••• ••• Little if an\' change following treatment ... ... 1 Consultation only ... ... ••• ••• ^ P'ound to have improved when fir.st seen by speech therapist ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ^ Rei)orted to have imjiroved when appointments were offered ... ... ••• 1 Api)ointments offered but no ai)pointments kept and no rcqdy received to letters sent to the parents 11 “ Fifteen City children were on the waiting list at the end of 1956. “ Miss Barker, who had been responsible for the work at tjie clinic since April, 1955, resigned her ap])ointment in August, 19,>6.