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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table Xspeech defects clinic summary

Table X

speech defects clinic summary

Total number of cases treated533
Cases discharged267
Analysis of Discharged Cases
Under review pending possible further treatment in the future29
Left District9
Unsatisfactory e.g. non-attendance30
Satisfactory190
Left School before treatment completed5
Transferred to Residential School or Occupation Centre3
Cases still attending266
Cases referred for physical treatment54
Cases referred for residential treatment1
Cases referred for Child Guidance2
Cases referred by Neurologist32
Stammerers93
Sigmatism68
Cleft Palate8
Excessive Nasality, including supra-bulbar palsy.9
Dyslalia298
Undeveloped Speech28
Developmental Aphasia, including Dyspraxia, Dysarthria, and learning difficulties23
Partially Deaf4
Dy sphonia2
Special Schools
St. Christopher's School27
Some of these are under supervision only St. Giles' School18
Some additional cases have been seen for assessment only.