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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Erith 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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(i) Under the Authority's Scheme160
(ii) Otherwise23
-183
No. of children for whom spectacles were obtained :
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme130
(ii) Otherwise23
-153

Table: GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE.AND THROAT.Number of Defects.

GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE.

AND THROAT.

Number of Defects.

Received Operative TreatmentReceived other forms of TreatmentTotal number treated
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (See Note B)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotal
12345
i.ii.iii.iv.i.ii.iii.iv.i.ii.iii.IV.
43854—5181489621—120

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(i)Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.

Table: GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwiseTotal number treated
(1)(2)
Residential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNon-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinicResidential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNon-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic Clinic
(i)(ii)(iii)(i)(ii)(iii)
Number of children treated——22——1739

Table: GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS.(1) Number of Children who were: —

GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS.(1) Number of Children who were: —

Routine Age GroupsTotalSpecial-Grand Total
567891011121314
(I) Inspected by Dentist44244447348728931844196—25228873409