[Report 1961] / Schools Dept., Carmarthenshire County Council.

  • Carmarthenshire (Wales). County Council. Schools Department.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Schools Dept., Carmarthenshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Clinic Number of sessions Carmarthen 2 weekly Llanelly 9 fortnightly Ammanford 2 weekly Llandeilo 2 monthly Four sessions a month are held at the Highmead Residential School for Educationally Subnormal Children. 156 new cases were referred to the clinics and treatment was recommended for 149 of them. Seven did not require treatment and treatment was deferred until later in five instances. The follow- ing is a summary of the defects found to require treatment during the year:— Carmar- then Llanelly Amman- ford Llan- deilo High- mead Total Defects of Articulation 15 ... 29 13 4 3 .... 64 Stammer 7 15 7 .... 2 1 .... 32 Excessive or inadequate nasal resonance 5 15 6 .... 1 .... 27 Rhotacism 6 12 6 .... 2 — .... 26 Totals 33 71 32 9 4 149 236 cases received treatment at the clinics, 123 of which were treated for the first time during the year. 2,891 attendances were made at the Clinics as follows Clinics Sessions Treated Attendances Carmarthen 92 53 544 Llanelly 236 100 1561 Ammanford 92 42 524 Llandeilo 18 21 107 Highmead 24 20 155 Totals 462 236 2891 98 cases were discharged from the clinics :— 50 with their defects cured, 24 sufficiently improved as not to warrant further attendances, 20 for lack of co-operation and un- satisfactory attendances, and four attained school-leaving age. Generally, the speech of the children who attended the Clinics regularly, and whose parents showed intelligent co-operation, improved considerably. A summary of the waiting lists on the 31st December is as follows :—