. Annual report of the Commissioner of Mental Diseases for the year . who appear to be three or more yearsretarded in mental development. The examination shall be given by theState Department of Mental Diseases or an examiner approved by that De-partment. 6286 62S9S638 &?6439 2284 /9/y i9«, /9/T ma 1919 i9zo mi 1922 1923 i9s# mr i9tt. 1927 m» /H9 tsuo /931 1932 19x3 /*y+ Graph I. — Number of School Clinic Examinations, 1915-1934 117 85 The growth in the number of examinations completed by the traveling clinicseach year is outlined in Graph I. The striking increase in 1921 is due,


. Annual report of the Commissioner of Mental Diseases for the year . who appear to be three or more yearsretarded in mental development. The examination shall be given by theState Department of Mental Diseases or an examiner approved by that De-partment. 6286 62S9S638 &?6439 2284 /9/y i9«, /9/T ma 1919 i9zo mi 1922 1923 i9s# mr i9tt. 1927 m» /H9 tsuo /931 1932 19x3 /*y+ Graph I. — Number of School Clinic Examinations, 1915-1934 117 85 The growth in the number of examinations completed by the traveling clinicseach year is outlined in Graph I. The striking increase in 1921 is due, of course,to the simultaneous operation of fourteen clinics. For the year 1933 also we notea substantial increase in the number of examinations due, of course, to the changein the law in 1931. Graph II outlines the accumulation of examinations. It shows that a totalof 80,616 examinations of retarded children have been conducted by the clinicsduring the twenty years of operation. 63,72357,644 S/,205 44,6,78 38,4/9 3Z,l33\ 26,495 37dz\433 691902^49^^ j. /26*33 I9IS 191b 1917 191619/91920 1921 13221923 1924 1925/92619271928 1929 1930 1931 1932 /9331934 Graph II. — Cumulative Graph of School Clinic Examinations, 1915-1934 In connection with the school clinic work, the Director has held numerous con-ferences with officials of the Department of Education, with school superintendents,with clinic psychiatrists and clinic social workers, so that the service rendered bythe clinics may best meet the varying needs of the school systems involved. There has been a steady increase of interest throughout the State in the workwhich is being done by our traveling clinics. School superintendents now weicomeany assistance which the clinics can give, and have become enthusiastic supportersof this system of examining retarded children. They were not long in recognizingthe fact that the service provided is detached from the local school organizationand, as such, can provide an ex


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