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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
Hendon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
N umber of D efects.
| 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. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii | (iv | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | — | 171 |
| 32 | 11 | 122 | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 33 | 11 | 127 | — | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids.
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
GROUP IV.—ORTHOPÆDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
| Under the Authority's Scheme (1) | Otherwise (2) | Total number treated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Res'dential treatment at an orthopædic clinic | Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Reside tial treatment at an orthopædic clinic | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated. | 20 | Nil | 454 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 454 |