[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cliildren attending^ tlie clinic commonly displayed symptoms falling under more than one of the above headings, as the original ])r(ddeni almost invariably gives rise to other symptoms, whi(di tend to obscure the picture, e.g., back- , wardness at s(diool may well be due to anxiety over the home situation and lead io truancy, loss of confidence, (d)sessional i behaviour or a vai'icty of othei’ disorders, ddie largest single (muse for 7‘eferral is undoubtedly enuresis, the incidence of 1 which has been variously estimated at between 1 in 5 and 1 in 7. Not only is it ditticuilt to cope with the numbers who 1 wish to aitend foi' this reason but it is also diftiiuilt to remedy this com]daint bec'ause of the variety of causes both ])hysical 1 and mental, or even, and noi. infre((uently, faulty training. SCMMAKY OF (USF.S, WITH 'rHF.A'I’MFNT AND DISPOSAL. Maxiiuiini Imiirovtaiient olitaiiuxl t>T Tested and assessed : rei>ort issued Transferred to other areas 2 Transferi-ed to T.edston Hall 1 Itesuonding’, treatnu'iil oontinnlng 31 127 There were 1)0 elini(* sessions involving 1 fi7 diagnostic ! interAuews, 328 ti’catment intei'Auews, 170 inleiwicAvs with I parents, and 284 Ausits io si'lnads or io homes. The I psychiatrist had 48 interviews with children and 40 with ■ parents. JA]\rh:S (I. SMITH, Fiducaiional Psyclndogist. SPEECH THERAPY Miss draig terminated her duties on 23i‘d December, I 1950. and it wais not until 1st Se])tember, 1952, that two ' Speech Therairists, Miss IT (h'ooks and Miss P. Inman wmre i a])])ointed. Their first duty waas to survey all the S(diools to as(*ertain the total numbei' of children likely to benefit from ; any ti'catment which could be iiiovided. The suiwey shoAved 1 that theie wmre 010 smdi (diildren wdth the follown'ng ’defects, ) viz. : —' Stammers 139 Dyslalla 402 Cleft Da late 14 D.vsphonla 31 Others 24 Cdinics Avere ojiened at Barlby, BcAmrley, Bridlington, I Driffield, Etton, Fulford, Hedon, Hessle, l\rarket Weighton, ! Norton and Withernsea. Bv the end of the vear 119 (dn'idren ♦ i > Avere receiving treatment. Stammers 41 Dyslalla 58 Cleft Palate 4 Dysivhonia 2 Other 14 A magnetic ta])e recorder Avas |»roAdded for us(' by the Speech Therapists to lielp them iii their treatment of children.