London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 55 SPEECH CLINICS

TABLE 55 SPEECH CLINICS

Total attendances3,124
New cases118
Children under treatment or observation for the following:
Athetosis2
Cleft Palate8
Deafness5
Delayed development of speech36
Dysarthria3
Dyslalia216
Dysphasia4
Dyspraxia5
Emotional disorder61
Hyponasality ...4
Sigmatism65
Stammer55 464
Discharged
Cured.........................82
Improved5
Defaulted11
Left district .....................15
113

Table: TABLE 56 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

TABLE 56 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

Number of individual children seen by psychiatrist
New cases (including 14 pre-school children)154
Follow-ups37
Annual revisions28
Treatment15
Total attendances for diagnosis and treatment by psychiatrist655
Number of individual children treated by psychotherapist37
Total attendances for treatment by psychotherapist ...884