London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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| DAWLISH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | ||||
| Number in attendance at beginning of year | 96 | 77 | 80 | 261 | |
| Number under observation at beginning of year | 117 | 5 | 106 | 31 | 259 |
| New cases | 82 | 45 | 29 | 27 | 183 |
| Re-admitted | 3 | - | 5 | - | |
| Transfer from other clinics | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Discharges - cured | 39 | 52 | 38 | 25 | 154 |
| improved | 2 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 42 |
| defaulted | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| Transferred to other clinics | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| - left district | 25 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| - no progress | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Number in attendance at end of year | 99 | 64 | 33 | 73 | 269 |
| Number under observation at end of year | 130 | - | 22 | 77 | 184 |
(b)
| DAWLISH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD | TOTAL. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | ||||
| Stammer | 12 | 1 1 | 28 | 11 | 62 |
| Dyslalia | 119 | 93 | 96 | 51 | 359 |
| Stammering and dyslalia | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| Delayed language development | 28 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 85 |
| Cleft palate speech | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Voice defects | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Speech defect due to deafness | - | 3 | 17 | 22 | |
| Defects of neurological origin | 1 | 1 | 17 | 21 | |
| Unclassified | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 1 |
| New cases referred | 210 | ||||
| Attendances during year | 6,003 | ||||
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