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 Waltham Forest]
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SPEECH THERAPY
(a) Attendances
D AWLISH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST (1) | ROAD (II) | TOTAL | |
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Number in attendance at beginning of year | 89 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 295 |
Number under observation at beginning of year | 73 | - | 55 | 23 | 151 |
New cases | 83 | 67 | 47 | 51 | 248 |
Re-admitted | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Transfer from other clinics | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
Discharges - cured | 30 | 47 | 44 | 33 | 154 |
- improved | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
- defaulted | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Transferred to other clinics | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
- left district | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
- no progress | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Number in attendance at end of year | 116 | 76 | 67 | 77 | 336 |
Number under observation at end of year | 90 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 159 |
(b) Analysis of defects treated
D AWLISH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD (1) (II) | TOTAL | ||
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Stammer | 23 | 11 | 38 | 14 | 86 |
Dyslalia | 130 | 98 | 111 | 48 | 387 |
Stammering and dyslalia | 9 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
Delayed language development | 19 | 19 | 15 | 37 | 90 |
Cleft palate speech | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Voice defects | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Speech defect due to deafness | 2 | - | 4 | 17 | 23 |
Defects of neurological origin | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
Unclassified | 9 | - | - | 4 | 13 |
New Cases referred 275
Attendances during year 8,751
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