[Report 1954] / School Medical Officer of Health, Coventry.

  • Council of Coventry City Council
Date:
1954
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    a total increase of four hours. This has made it possible to treat a greater number of children, and where necessary, to allow a slightly longer period for treatment. .-\ltogether 27 children have received speech therapy, 17 of whom have had regular treatment throughout the year. Of the rest, treatment was discontinued with 4 children, tlie response of two of them indicating that further treatment for the time being was useless, one child was extremely unco-operative and another showed an improvement which brought her speech up to the required level. One girl was transferred to a school for the partially deaf, and another girl who 1 reached school leaving age at the end oFthe summer term, later went to a residential home. Two children started treatment in June, 2 in ' September and 1 in October. Not all the children in the last grouj) , were new admissions; some had been at the school for more than a ' year, but treatment was not considered advisable at the time of their j admission to the school. Nineteen of the children had speech defects arising from cerebral j palsy, I child was deaf, 2 had reiraired cleft palates, three were i stammerers and 2 were dyslalic. One dyslalic child and 2 stammerers ^ were suffering from bronchiectasis, the other dyslalic child was J partially sighted, and the remaining stammerer was a child who had j poliomyelitis.” j 1 Alice Stevens Day Special School (for Educationally Sub-normal ] Children). I Mr. J. B. Saxon, Headmaster, reports as follows :— j “During this year we have had the services of Dr. Howat in the j jdace of Dr. Jones who left the city to take up an appointment in Hong Kong. The Speech Therapist has been in attendance twice a 1 week and the school nurse' has spent each afternoon with us. .^s a '! result of their combined efforts the standard of health in the school 'j has been at a high level and is reflected in the greatly improved ' attendance figures. j .A better staffing ratio has made it i)ossible to increase the number i of children on the registers to 185 and the system of case conferences ; has resulted in fewer children being admitted who subsequeiitly have to be excluded as ineducable. ' The school is now able to use all its facilities to the full and ; an official opening ceremony will be carried out earl}'^ in 1955. I The high degree of co-operation we have received from the School ; Health Service has been of material benefit to the school and has done much to help us through the difficult period of re-organisation and r expansion in our new premises.” Mrs. D. March, Speech Therapist, reports as follows ;— “Speech therapy was resumed at .Alice Stevens School in April, 1 1954. The time allowed there was two afternoons per week, and the ' first few months were spent examining the children and choosing those ■ most suitable for treatment. It was decided to limit treatment to half a dozen children rather than give insufficient treament to a greater j number. In one case, due chiefly to lack of co-operation in the home, ; treatment has not proved beneficial and will probably be discontinued. In the rest of the children howfever, fairly concentrated treatment seems ) to have had a certain measure of success.” , Corley Residential School for Delicate Children. Mrs. V. .Spencer, Headmistress, reports as follows :— “Corley Residential .School deals only with children of junior age, ; that is from 7—11 years. During 1954, 190 children (103 boys and 87 girls) have received benefit from the school. Several children jyst