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60
11. Number of patients awaiting
appointments at the end or
1951 and therefore, carried
forward into 1952 86
132
Discharges during the year:—
(a) Improved so that no abnormality
existed or condition became such
that little residual defect remained
8 (Including
one of poor
mental
calibre)
(b) Treatment incomplete owing to
parent and patient being satisfied
with the condition, or owing to
parent and patient being unwilling
to continue further, or
owing to patient leaving district,
etc. 4
(c) Little if any change following
Treatment 1
(d) Transferred to School for the Deaf 1
(e) Treatment arranged elsewhere 1
(f) Reported by the Medical Officer,
parent and/or school to have improved
and, therefore, investigatory
appointments at Speech
Therapy clinic cancelled 4
(g) Started work or left district prior
to appointment being made 4
22
Patients, whose cases were closed during the year,
suffered from stammer, dysarthria, hyper-rhinophonia
(not due to Cleft palate) defect associated with severe
hearing loss, dysphonia + dyslalia, retarded speech
development associated with mental retardation.
Cleanliness Inspections.
(See Table V.)
During the year the School Nurses carried out
11,094 examinations of children in Schools and 130 were
found to have some infestation with vermin. In nearly
all cases, the condition was cleared up by parents who