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

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Leyton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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The following summary shows the number of children treated and the speech defects from which they were considered to be suffering :—

Diagnosis of Defects—BoysGirlsTotal
Stammering391049
Dyslalia241337
Sigmatism426
Lisp22
Deafness11
Cleft palate112
Dysphonia11
Mixed rhinolalia11
Hyper-rhinolalia11
Hysterical mutism11
7427101
Incidence of speech defects among seniors, juniors and infants—
SeniorsJuniorsInfantsTotal
Stammering13221449
Dyslalia112637
Lisp22
Sigmatism1416
Others1337
154046101
Discharged—42.
SeniorsJuniorsInfantsTotal
Dyslalia71522
Stammering64212
Sigmatism22
Lisp123
Cleft palate11
Retarded speech22
7161942