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SPEECH CLINIC.- 33 children of pre-school age
attended, making 553 attendances. The following is the
classification of the defects found by the speech therapist:-
Dyslalia 24 Stammering 1
Retarded speech and language 8
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.- During 1959 a total
number of 710 children attended at Clinics for diphtheria
immunisation (316 at Valentines Clinic, 290 at Mayesbrook,
80 at Manford Way, 21 at Newbury Hall, and 3 at Marks
Gate) making a total number of attendances of 1, 613 (673,
692, 185, 54 and 9 respectively). Diphtheria and whooping
cough immunisation is undertaken at the same session and,
as the numbers attending have declined, at the Valentines
and Mayesbrook Clinics this work is combined with the
school clinics held for the treatment of minor ailments and
at the Manford Way, Newbury Hall and Marks Gate Clinics
immunisation is undertaken at the infant welfare clinic
sessions.
*Includes 514 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough
inoculations.
+Includes 200 combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough
inoculations.