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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 53 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

TABLE 53 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

Attendances at Orthopaedic Surgeon's Clinic69
Number of new cases seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon33

Table: TABLE 54 SPEECH THERAPY Clinics and Special Schools

TABLE 54 SPEECH THERAPY Clinics and Special Schools

Total attendances3,288
New cases109
Children under treatment or observation for the following:
Retarded Speech and Language Development123462
Articulation Difficulties302
Stammer37
Discharged
Cured75121
Improved13
Defaulted25
Left school2
Left district6

Table: TABLE 55 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

TABLE 55 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

Number of individual children seen by psychiatrist:
New cases (including 14 pre-school children)196
Follow-ups35
Annual revisions37
Treatment14
Total attendances for diagnosis and treatment by psychiatrist678
Number of individual children treated by psychotherapist41
Total attendances for treatment by psychotherapist986