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Speech Therapy
During the year 109 new cases were referred to the Speech
Clinics and 172 children were under treatment at the end of the
year.
The total number of attendances at Speech Clinics during the
year was 2,583.
Mrs. J. Lee, Speech Therapist has submitted the following
report of her work at the Harold Hill Health Centre during the
year-
Full-time speech therapy continued during 1962 in Harold Hill,
at the Health Centre and the Hilldene Junior School, serving a
school population of some 9,500.
The children treated were between the ages of 4 and school
leaving age—the majority of defects being:—
Dyslalia—defects of articulation or slow development of articulation
patterns including substitutions, distortions, omissions
and transpositions of the sounds of speech due to
deficient intelligence, emotional disturbance or immaturity;
or imitation of abnormal patterns of articulation.
Stammer—speech characterised by interruptions of its fluency
by the repetition of sounds, syllables or phrases, and
blocks, overt or disguised, often accompanied by concomitant
movements and disruption of normal breathing
rhythm. There may be avoidance reactions either of
words or SDeech situations.

children were in regular attendance at the end of the year
and attendances had been made—indicating a high percentage
of non-attenders.
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