[Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY THE SPEECH THERAPIST, 1st.January, 1946 - 31st.August, 1946, Twenty-one cases wore referred during the period. Prom tho tables given below it will bo seen that the majority of new cases continue to be drawn from the lower age groups. TABLE I: Under treatment December, 1945. 70 Referred, January - September, 1946. 20 Discharged, January - September, 1946. 21 Requiring treatment. 69 TABLE II: Types of cases referred and discharged. Referred. Stammer 9 Dyslalia fa) Idioglossia 4 (b) Retarded Speech 2 (c) Specific Speech Defects 2 Rhinolaliafa) deft Palate ft) Organic i (2) Functional 2 (b) Closed Nasal Speech. Aphasia Aphonia Mutism - Dysarthria - Discharged. 4 4 4 6 1 1 1 21 TABLE III: Sources from which cases have been referred. Infant Departments Junior Senior Secondary 13 4 3 20 TABLE IV: Work done on cases referred. Interviews with patients parents Visits to schools 496 106 144 In view of the increased numbers of youngor children undergoing treatment the amount of time spent on visiting schools was greatly increased. In the same way, more time was spent instructing individual parents in the method of carrying out daily in tho home the treatment advised when the child visited the Speech Therapist. Regular daily treatment in the home by a well instructed parent and in school by an interested teachor will do much more for the younger child than the weekly visit to the Spoech Therapist. Parents and teachers in the main co-operated well on this point. John W. McGowan. Speech Therapist
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