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 Richmond]
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During the Autumn every child who was newly admitted to a primary school was
seen by a speech therapist and those with any special difficulty were noted and kept
under observation. In this way it is hoped to give children in need of therapy the help
they require before they become too self-conscious at having to attend a clinic and also
to prevent much absence later from school when work becomes more serious.
These visits to schools are helpful in increasing a relationship between teachers
and therapists and in every instance a welcome has been given.
Table XX.
Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists under arrangements made by the Authority.
Number of Children treated | 315 | |
Number of New Patients | 124 | |
Total Number of Attendances | 2,975 | |
Number on Waiting List, 31.12.69 | 29 | |
Number of Children Discharged | 127 | |
Normal Speech | 72 | |
Improved | 23 | |
Referred elsewhere (Child Guidance, etc.) | 4 | |
Uneventuated (non-attendance, etc.) | 10 | |
Left District (Treatment not completed) | 18 |
Table XXI.
Types of cases treated during the year.
Dyslalia | 121 |
Retarded Speech and Language Development | 75 |
Stammering | 31 |
Indistinct Speech | 17 |
Sigmatism (Interdental and lateral) | 45 |
Language difficulty | 10 |
Apraxia | 2 |
Cleft palate (post operation) and bifid uvula | 6 |
Dysphasia | 1 |
Autism | 3 |
Mutism | 3 |
Dysenia | 1 |
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