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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.—continued.
GROUP III.— TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| 71 | 10 | 200 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 71 | 10 | 202 | — | — | 283 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
GROUP IV.—ORTHOPÆDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
Postural defects which received non-residential treatment otherwise
than at an orthopaedic clinic should not be recorded in this Table.
A child may be recorded in more than one category and therefore the total number of children treated will not necessarily be the same as the sum of the figures in the separate categories.
| Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b). (1) | otherwise (2) | Total number treated (see note above). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated. | 20 | — | 418 | — | l | — | 418 |