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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
East Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE IV.—
GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of of Treatment. | Total number treated | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, iu 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) | ||
| 35 | 8 | 298 | 49 | 5 | — | 7 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 305 | 56 | 45 | 454 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only
defects of the nose and throat.
(iii) Tonsils and adenoids.
(iv) Other
GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (1) | Otherwise. (2) | Total number treated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residen-tialtreat- ment without education. (ii) | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii) | Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residentialtreatment without education. (ii) | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated | — | — | 8 | — | — | 23 | 31 |