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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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SPEECH THERAPY
(a) Attendances
| HATCH LANE | HURST ROAD | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number in attendance at beginning of year | 69 | 65 | 11 | 145 |
| Number under observation at beginning of year | 4 | 32 | 17 | 53 |
| New cases | 86 | 58 | 55 | 199 |
| Re-admitted | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Transfer from other clinics | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Discharges - cured | 54 | 34 | 10 | 98 |
| - improved | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| - defaulted | 14 | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| - transferred to other clinics | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
| - left district | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| - no progress | - | - | - | - |
| Number in attendance at end of year | 85 | 77 | 10 | 172 |
| Number under observation at end of year | - | 31 | 49 | 80 |
(b) Analysis of defects treated
| HATCH LANE | HURST RO A D 1. 2. | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stammer | 9 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| Dyslalia | 1 18 | 59 | 20 | 197 |
| Stammering and dyslalia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Delayed language development | 17 | 40 | - | 57 |
| Cleft palate speech | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Voice defects | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Speech defect due to deafness | 4 | 21 | 1 | 26 |
| Defects of neurological origin | 3 | 17 | - | 20 |
| Unclassified | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| New cases referred | 266 | |||
| Attendances during year | 5,871 | |||
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