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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(a)
DAWL1SH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD | TOTAL | ||
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Number in attendance at beginning of year | 101 | 64 | 73 | 238 | |
Number under observation at beginning of year | 121 | 5 | 22 | 148 | |
New cases | 83 | 66 | 37 | 186 | |
Re-admitted | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Transfer from other clinics | - | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Discharges | cured | 48 | 54 | 30 | 132 |
improved | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
defaulted | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
Transferred to other clinics | 10 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |
left district | 21 | 2 | 2 | 25 | |
no progress | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Number in attendance at end of year | 99 | 71 | 69 | 239 | |
Number under observation at end of year | 122 | 3 | 22 | 147 |
(b)
DAWLISH ROAD | HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD | TOTAL | |
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Stammer | 17 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
Dyslalia | 130 | 94 | 59 | 283 |
Stammering and dyslalia | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Delayed language development | 32 | 20 | 26 | 78 |
Cleft palate speech | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Voice defects | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Speech defect due to deafness | 2 | - | 20 | 22 |
Defects of neurological origin | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
Unclassified | - | - | 2 | 2 |
New cases referred | 206 | |||
Attendances during year | 6,914 |
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