[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![such as luustard, garlic, onion, and make every effort to articulate. He must exercise himself to retain his, breath, wash the head in cold water, eat horse radish, and then vomit.” During the nineteenth century French surgeons thought that stammering could be cured by cutting off portions of the tongue. This proved disastrous. In the British Aluseum there are painted masks used by the “ devil dancers ” of Ceylon for the cure of various diseases, including stammering and deafness.” Speech Thera]diy has advanced considerably since those days and Hrs. Alary Peel, the Speech Therapist, reports: — Two weeks in July were given over to a routine investigation of children reported as having some difficulty of speech; doctor, speech tlierapist and parents, being present when the children were examined. This has led to a closer/ co-operation between the speech therapist and parents, enabling work to be carried out at home under the latter's guidance. School contact was continued by the speech therapist visiting schools during the last two weeks in each term. Since the closing of the Well Lane Clinic in July, the following arrangements have obtained: — Trinity Street Primary School ... South Health Clinic North Health Clinic Claughton Load Special School Group Classes, Stammerers, and some individual defects. 1 Session per week—Indivi- dual defects. 1 Session per week—Indivi- dual defects. I half-day session per week. Piamary and Secondary Schools visited during last two weeks of e.ach teiTn. Numl)er of cases treated during the year—160,. Stammei-, 82; S])eech Defects, 72; Special School Cases, 6. Attendances:—](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927424_0066.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
