[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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!['I'wo uiiusnal cases have conic to the clinic (hiring' the year, 'hhe lirst. a little ^irl aged S years, with developniental exeentive dys- phasia. is at present attending a school for edneationally snhnoi'inal })n])ils. She has jirohably also some hearing loss which is l)eing in- vestigated. and there is a history of late and poor speech in tlie familv. At jiresent she has tlie vo(*al)nlar\' of a tl\ree-year-old. many ohjeets lieing given the same name, all trnit is “apple ('xeept bananas, and all walking animals ar(' eat. dog or horse ae- cording to size, bnt slu' will ek'arly name a fish bi'canse she knows that it swims and a bird because she knows that it Hies. lUd’ore she was admitted to the Special Seliool. gri'at dillienlty was ('xperieneial in getting her to attend regnlai'ly and so \ ca'y little progress was made. It is hoped that now she is receiving spc'cial attention and regnlar speech therapy she will progri'ss mori' rapidly towards a more normal level of speech and language'. The sc'cond ease is a girl agx'd 1 0 years, who is attending a junior school in tlu' Itorongh. She is intere^ting• because she Ix'ars out tlu' latest tlu'ory of staimm'i’ing. nanu'ly that it has an a})ha^ie element. I gave her a similar test to that given to stroke' patie'iit.^. The' result showeel that in naming obje'e*ts there' i'' a de'hnite' disability, whie'h is not so marke'd in e'onne'cti'd sjxH'e'h as '-he' is jibh' bi eire'nm- loe'iite' to e'ove'r np the lost weird. Otlu'rs show this to a h'sse'r degree, inelie'ating that there is a basic ditfere iu'e in the' e'anse' of the* stammer and beai’ing eait the* e'ontention ol’ dual e'ansality in stam- mering a {)sye'he)le)gie'al e'lmse'and a physical basis, linke'd with the* j)reelisj)e)sitiem to stammering. One e'hild sinnmeel up spe'i'e'h tlu'rapy in this way. She le'arns yer te) talk jireiper. neil posh! -whie'h e'xpri'sse's epiite' simp!}’ my aim and eibje'e't in treating the'se e'hilelre'n. ( j) Delicate Pupils that is to say. pupils not falling under any other e'atc'geiry who by re'ason ol’ impaire'el physie*al condition ne'cel a e-hange of e'ln'iromnent oi’ e*annot. without risk to their health or edne'alional ele'X'e’ieipnu'nt. be' e'ehie'ate'el nneler the* normal re'gime' eif eirelinary se-heieils. We'st M ai\’e'rn Ope'n .Vir Se-heieil pro\'ides ae'e'eanmoelatio!! for 1 t delie-ate japiils eae-h te'rm. 'The' Whire'e'stet’shii'e' ('emnty C'eame'il leelne'atiem C'emimitte'e’ is the' leie'al e'elne'ation antheirity re'spems'ible feir this se'heieil. Aelmissioiis are em a thre'e' memth basis bnt ree'emi- nu'nelatiems feir a fni'the'r term in semu' e*ase's are' nuiele tei Antheirities at the enel eil term by the' re'speinsiliie' me‘ehe*al eiHie'e'r at .Ma]\'e'rn ()[)en \ir Se'heieii. Aehnissiems ehiring the' year we'i'e* as I'eilleiws: Snbneirmal nntritiem anel eiebility Hreme'hitis anel Asthma He'inrrent ('he'st Infex'tiems •2 t S 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0067.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
