[Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens.
- St. Helens (Merseyside, England). Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / School Medical Officer of Health, St Helens. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![as the children can only be seen once a week instead of twice as formerly, nor are the same facilities or equipment available at the district clinics as in the case of the central clinic. It does, however, ensure that these cases are not neglected. The following is a summary of the cases dealt with during- 1939. The Speech Clinic started 1939 with 33 cases on the roll. During the year, 15 new cases were admitted and attended regularly, and 3 attended occasionally for supervision. Of these 51 cases, 30 were stammerers, 19 were cases of speech i defect other than stammering, and 2 were cases of voice disorder. The cases were classified as follows :— Discharged—speech satisfactory Discharged—much improved (left school) . Lapsed . Lapsed owing to war . Still attending—speech improving . In statu quo . Stammer Speech Defect Dysphoma Total 8 11 — 19 3 1 „— 4 — ] — 1 2 — — 2 17 4 2 23 — 2 — 2 30 19 2 51 The practice of supplying cod liver oil emulsion free of charge ' to all the nursery classes in the schools has been continued. ij emulsion is given daily to necessitous cases selected by the Headlj Teacher and to anv other cases recommended by the School Nurse .i or Medical Officer. The scheme has once again proved a marked ^ success. Part of the cost of treatment provided at these various Clinicsi) is recovered from the parents in accordance with the family circum--](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30127166_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
