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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
Walthamstow 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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importance of early treatment. Attendances have again been
regular, and I should like again to record my appreciation of the
co-operation of Head Teachers.
"The help of students of speech therapy working in the clinics
has meant that individual treatment could be maintained. Tables
showing the number of children, treated, discharged, etc., are given
below, together with a clinical analysis of defects.
"A number of home and school visits'have been paid in addition
to the initial interviews with parents, and well repay the time
expended in this way.
"An innovation this year has been the opening of an evening
clinic for adults at the Town Hall. This was primarily begun to
enable patients who would otherwise have to stop treatment when
leaving school to continue until ready to be discharged, but new
patients are now admitted."
Statistical report and Clinical Analysis.
| No. of cases in attendance at beginning of year | 96 |
| „ „ admitted during year | 39 |
| Transfers from other clinics | 3 |
| 138 | |
| Cases ceasing attendance before cure or discharge | 5 |
| „ discharged uncured as incapable of benefiting by treatment | |
| „ temporarily discharged before cure, to resume treatment later | 6 |
| „ discharged cured | 50 |
| Transfers to other clinics | 7 |
| 68 | |
| Cases still in attendance at end of year | 70 |
| Total number of attendances during year | 2475 |
| Physiological defects—Stammer | 55 |
| Clutter | |
| Voice defects—Aphonia | |
| Dysphonia | 2 |
| Rhinophonia | 10 |
| Defects of Articulation—Dysarthria | 4 |
| Dyslalia | 57 |
| Language Defects—Idioglossia | |
| Delayed speech | 4 |