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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

Enfield 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 55SPEECH CLINICS

TABLE 55

SPEECH CLINICS

Total attendances3,375
New cases116
Children under treatment or observation for the following:
Stammer49
Dyslalia98
Stigmatism67
Cleft Palate5
Dysphasia4
Dyslexia5
Clutter7
Hyponasality1
Dyspraxin6
Cerebral Palsy4
Emotional disorder21
Delayed development of speech28
Dysarthria1
Deafness7
—303
Discharged:
Cured73
Defaulted23
Left district20
Transferred to Audiology Unit1
Transferred to other L.A. Clinic2
Optimum result2
On advice of Child Guidance Clinic1
122

Table: TABLE 56CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

TABLE 56

CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

Number of individual children seen by psychiatrist:
New cases150
Follow-ups50
Annual revisions38
Treatment16
Total attendances for diagnosis and treatment by psychiatrist645
Number of individual children treated by psychotherapist46
Total attendances for treatment by psychotherapist782