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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
Kingston upon Thames 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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No. of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 87
(ii) Otherwise 21
Total 108
Mo. of children for whom spectacles were obtained:—
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 72
(ii) Otherwise 21
Total 93
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
| 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) | (ivl | (>) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| 28 | 1 | 8 | — | 5 | - | 1 | — | 33 | 1 | 9 | — | 12 | 55 |
(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) | Total number treated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| Number of children treated. | 6 | — | 17 | 1 | — | 6 | 30 |