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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

Waltham Forest 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]

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Table: SPEECH THERAPY(a) Attendances

SPEECH THERAPY

(a) Attendances

DAWLISH ROADHATCH LANEHURST ROAD (1) (21TOTAL
Number in attendance at beginning of year116766777346
Number under observation at beginning of year9034323159
New cases49681547179
Re-admitted4--15
Transfer from other clinics46-818
Discharges - cured3650327116
- improved51713
- defaulted-84416
Transferred to other clinics713213
- left district74516
- no progress-----
Number in attendance at end of year9677880261
Number under observation at end of year117510631259
(b) Analysis of defects treated
DAWLISH ROADHATCH LANEHURST ROAD (1) (2)TOTAL
Stammer201511248
Dyslalia131108454297
Stammering and dyslalia5311019
Delayed language development1517-3668
Cleft palate speech21148
Voice defects-2-35
Speech defect due to deafness3112126
Defects of neurological origin31-1317
Unclassified---33

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New Cases referred 211
Attendances during year 6,982
-97 -