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Number of new cases
Number of re-inspections
Total attendances
Number of children referred
for physiotherapy
Number of attendances
1956
136
413
549
200
3,199
1957
209
585
794
321
3,492
SPEECH THERAPY,
The past year has proved to be another busy one for
the Speech Therapy Department:-
Number on roll at 1st January, 1957 238
New cases during the year 71
Number discharged 146
Number on roll at 31st December, 1957 163
Number of attendances at Speech Therapy Clinics 3,716
The number of new cases requiring speech therapy was
71, a similar figure to that of 76 for the previous year.
Following a complete review of all children on the records
it was found possible to discharge 146 (1956 44) This
led to a reduction of the number on roll at the year's
end.
The percentage frequency of the various types of defect
encountered was as follows:-
(1) Qyslalia Mixing or missing out of consonants
51.5%
(2) Stammering 19.7%
(3) Developmental Aphasia - Absence of speech 14.2%
(4) Dysarthria - Defects due to disorders of
the muscles of articulation 8.6%
(5) Aphasia associated with mental deficiency 3 6%
(6) Disorder arising from deafness 2.4%
Referrals were received as follows:-
Doctors 67%
Teachers 4%
Parents 18%
Others 11%
It will be seen that less than one-fifth of referrals
are received directly from parents This is partly due to
the fact that parents are, through familiarity, better
able to understand their child's defective speech than a
comparative stranger and so are apt to be less concerned
about it. There is, however, a widespread and often mis
taken belief that the child will grow out of it".