[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (g) Si^ESOH TI-IER/^^Y GLIHIG, The Speech Therapist attended Tor Toui sessions weekly and two further sessions each month wore devoted to visiting children in their ovjn homes or at school. Number of cases under treatment at beginning of year kl Now cases referred during the year 11 Number of clinic sessions .Li7 Number of attcndancoB 102 Number of visiting sessions by Speech Therapist to schools and homes of children 23 Number of cases discharged ; .... .i. c ,... , 15 Number of cases under treatment at end of year ^ . 26 Defects treated; Nerve deafness = c . 2 Ole ft palate .o....................................o.., r. g 1 Dyslalia (7 cases attributed to low I.Qj £4 Stammer 10 Jost tongue tic 1 Sigmatism 4 Of the sixteen cases discharged during thelyear ten v;orc cas e of Dyslalia ranging from unintelligible speech to speech with peihaps one cr two sounds missing. The rapidity with which this defect responds to treatment depends largely on individual intelligence: six of the .:asc were discharged with clear speech, while four achieved only a fair standard of speech because of their low intelligence. Four cases of stamracring were discharged and all had re.'.aon' cd well to treatment. One case of pest tongue-tie was discharged vdtli clear spacer : One case of nerve deafness was discharged after making ovcell ant progress in lip reading, iittcndancc at clinics throughout the year has been goed^, D .ring visiting sessions to schools and homes, teachers and parents have l.eev: : ost helpful and co-operatlvcc 6 c DMT.^ SERVICES. Cr'M'EIUiL SERVICES, Icrty-fivc sessions were devoted to periodic dinta. inspections and 4,316 children were seen. In addition, another group cf children, to the humbor of 406 W!.;rc seen cat the special request of par arts- Of the total.of 4,722 children inspected 3.051 wore found to rc'O'iiro treatment, a percentage of sixty-five, ht the 587 treabmont soss'ons hold 2,247 children made 5,077 attcndcanccs, ORTHODONTIC TRMTM-HNT, At the spefial weekly sessions held for t'lis ecti' of the service, 129 children made 680 attondcanccs. At the end of jho year 56 children were awaiting treatment, Nuiiber of cases u:ndcr treatment at beginnihg of year ...c ~. J5 Nep'OtientpS ...o>tc.......o.o...o.c...9..*......3.....’>c,cn>3 ol Treatment completed ^ r c ^ . 14 Left school and treatment not completed ............. c o, 4 ro,iic7d to complete breatment g..3ci«..3......c.ro.cg.c.'-'occ^. 3-- Number of cases under treatment at end of yee,r ^ o c-- o 59 ■10-
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