Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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High St. Clinic | Wingfield House Clinic | ||
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Cases discharged - cured | 29 | 40 | |
improved | 7 | 2 | |
defaulted | 1 | 4 | |
transferred to other clinics. | 6 | 1 | |
left district | 4 | - | |
no progress | 1 | - | |
Cases in attendance at end of year | 67 | 74 | |
Cases under observation at end of year | 45 | 22 | |
Total attendances during year | 2022 | 2241 | |
Stammer | 35 | 15 | |
Dyslalia | 105 | 65 | |
Stammering and dyslalia | 4 | 4 | |
Delayed language development | 9 | 31 | |
Cleft palate speech | 2 | - | |
Voice defects | 1 | 5 | |
Speech defect due to deafness | 2 | 11 | |
Defects of neurological origin | 2 | 10 | |
Unclassified | ~ | 2 | |
Number of children sent away for convalescent holidays | 23 |
Boys | Girls | |
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No. examined for the first time at the Chest Clinic:- | ||
Referred by School Medical Officers | 5 | 6 |
Referred by private practitioners | 59 | 42 |
Examined as contacts | 28 | 33 |