[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Sunderland.

  • Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England). Council.
Date:
1949
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    COUNTY BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND. Appendix to the Annual Report OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1949. PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE. The Psychological Service has two distinct departments:— 1. The Chsld Guidance Centre, which deals with children who are showing problems of personality, behaviour or learning. 2. The Educational Psychologist’s work in the schools. The Staff. Paediatrician; Dr. Jessie Watson, M.B., CH.B., D.P.H. Psychiatrist; Dr. W. Hinds, M.B., B.S., D.P.M., Child Psychiatrist to Darlington Education Committee; Specialist in Psychiatry to the War Office, Ministry of Pensions. Educational Psychologist: Mr. I. S. Flett, M.A., B.Ed. Psychiatric Social Worker: Miss I. R. Stirling, M.A. Clerical Staff: Miss E. M. Hammond, Mrs. M. Pratt, Miss A. Chambers. Child Guidance Centre. The Centre removed from the upper flat in the Barbara Priestman School in July 1949 to the lower flat of Grange House, Stockton Road. This is only a temporary arrange¬ ment. Before this report is in print the permanent premises in Mowbray Road should he completed. During the year the Centre has been fully staffed for the first time since 1945. Mr. Flett joined the staff as Educational Psychologist at the beginning of the year. Miss Chambers augmented the Office staff in September. It appears not to be generally known that besides the Borough, the Centre serves a wide area—Northumberland County, South Shields West Hartlepool, Durham County. During the year the South East area of Durham with Stockton passed into the area served by the revived Clinic 26