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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 1937
[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, 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) | ||
| 14 | 4 | 217 | 33 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 228 | 34 | 26 | 306 |
(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 Scheme. (1) | Otherwise. (2) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | Total number treated | |
| Number of children treated | — | — | 4 | — | — | 11 | 15 |