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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

Richmond upon Thames 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]

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Table: Table XX.Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists under arrangements made by the Authority.

Table XX.

Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists under arrangements made by the Authority.

Number of Children treated328
Number of New Patients140
Total Number of Attendances4797
Number on Waiting List, 31.12.7026
Number of Children Discharged111
Normal Speech57
Improved41
Referred elsewhere, left district, etc.9
Uneventruated (non-attendance, etc.)4

Table: Table XXI.Types of cases treated during the year.

Table XXI.

Types of cases treated during the year.

Dyslallia141
Retarded Speech and Language Development66
Stammering35
Indistinct Speech9
Sigmatism56
Hyper Nasality6
Cleft palate7
Dysphasia3
Autism3
Dysarthria1
Dypraxia1