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their speech and other peoples' and are therefore slow to improve.
The more intelligent child, however, who readily grasps what is
required of him may show a big improvement in a few weeks.
The figures for 1936 are as follows—At the beginning o
January 1935, 12 stammerers were attending the classes and
during the year 7 more were admitted. Seven of these children
were bad stammerers, 2 are not improved but the others are much
better although none are yet cured. One has since left school,
much improved. 4 were cases of stammering of moderate severity,
1 has been cured, 1 so much improved that he is only under supervision
in case of relapse, and 2 are much improved—one of these
has since left school.
8 were mild stammerers. 6 of these were much improved
and the other 2 were transferred to the Speech Defect Class as being
more suitable to their condition, and one of these has since left
the' district. One mild stammerer has also left school but was
much improved.
By far the greater number of children attending the Speech
Training Classes in 1936 were cases of delayed or baby speech.
There were 37 children attending at January 1936, 34 of these
were cases of baby speech. 10 were mild cases, and of these 6
were cured, 3 much improved, and 1 went to a Convalescent Home
for some other complaint. 11 were cases of moderate severity,
6 of them were cured, 3 improved, and 2 did not improve. 13
cases were suffering from bad speech defect, 10 of these were improved,
1 left school, 1 left the district, and 1 refused to attend the
classes.
Of the 3 remaining cases, 1 case of true lisp left the district
before much had been accomplished, 1 who spoke badly because
he was deaf ceased to attend the classes as it was not making any
difference to his speech, and 1 who spoke badly because of cleft
palate improved very much.
During the year, 10 more cases were admitted for speech
training, 3 of these were suffering from lisp, 1 bad and 2 mild cases.
The bad lisp left the class to go to a Convalescent Home, and of
the 2 mild cases one improved and one left the district. 1 child
was sent to the Speech Classes because slight deafness made him
speak badly, his parents removed him from the class because they
did not think it was doing him good. The 6 others were cases of