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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
Tottenham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Visits from doctors studying for Diplomas in Child or Public Health, and students
training for teaching or health visiting have been welcomed by Miss Joan Came, the
senior speech therapist, as leading to the recognition that speech disorders affect the
total personality. Thus, treatment, which can restore adequacy of speech and language
for communication and expression, enables the patient to function at greatly improved
social, emotional and educational levels.
The Handicapped Child
Distribution as at 31st December, 1961
| Category | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary &. Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Deaf Pupils | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 10 |
| Educationally Subnormal Pupils | 63 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | - | - | - | 78 | 50 |
| Epileptic Pupils | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | - | - | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | - | 40 | 11 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 27 | 17 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | - | - | - | 1 | 207 | 113 | 6 | 3 | 10 | - | 223 | 117 |
| Delicate Pupils | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 14 | 16 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 |
| Totals | 101 | 85 | 54 | 24 | 226 | 118 | 22 | 13 | 16 | - | 419 | 240 |
| Grand Totals | 186 | 78 | 344 | 35 | 16 | 659 | ||||||
Rheumatism Supervisory Centre
4-8 children made 94 attendances during the year at fortnightly sessions held in the Paediatric Department of the Prince ofWales's General Hospital under the direction °f the Consultant Paediatrician, Dr. I.M. Anderson, M.D., F.R.C.P. Seven of these were new cases, one girl and six boys, and in them the following diagnoses were established:-
| Total | In Tottenham | Outside Areas | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rheumatic Carditis | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Congenital Heart Lesions | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| Other caser- Innocent Murmur) | 1 | 1 | - | ||