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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
Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE IV.—
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
| Defect | Received Operative Treatment | Received other forms of Treatment | Total number treated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme | Totals | |||
| Tonsils only | — | 30 | 30 | 230 | 497 |
| Adenoids only | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tonsils and Adenoids | 230 | 1 | 231 | ||
| Other | 3 | — | 3 | ||
| Totals | 235 | 32 | 267 | 230 | 497 |
Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
| Under the Authority's Scheme | . Otherwise | Total number treated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | |||
| Number of children treated ... | 5 | 1 | 359 | — | 1 | 2 | 363 | |