Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Table XX.
Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists under arrangements made by the Authority.
Number of Children treated | 338 |
Number of New Patients | 121 |
Total Number of Attendances | 4096 |
Number on Waiting List, 31.12.71 | 34 |
Number of Children Discharged | 121 |
Normal Speech | 72 |
Much Improved | 31 |
Improved | 3 |
Left district | 3 |
Referred elsewhere, etc. | 12 |
Uneventuated (non-attendance, etc.) | - |
Table XXI.
Types of cases treated during the year.
Dyslalia | 124 |
Retarded Speech and Language Development | 87 |
Stammering | 30 |
Indistinct Speech | 30 |
Sigmatism | 43 |
Nasality | 4 |
Cleft palate | 5 |
Dysphasia | 4 |
Autism | 3 |
Dysarthria | 3 |
Dypraxia | 2 |
Multiple Handicaps | 2 |
Deaf | 1 |