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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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No. of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 200
(ii) Otherwise 26
226
No. of children for whom spectacles were obtained:
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 175
(ii) Othenvise 26
201

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
Unaer 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.162
23727— ,1—3—24730—
(i)Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat. 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 oi thopaedic clinic
(i)(ii)(iii)(i)(ii)(iii)
Number of children treated—————1616
GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS. (1) Number of Children who were:—
Routine Age GroupsTotalSpecialsGrand Total
567891011121314
(i) Inspected by Dentist197313122313714635647846713821689933161