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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 1938
[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 106
(ii) Otherwise 26
Total 132
No. of children for whom spectacles were obtained:—
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 100
(ii) Otherwise 26
Total 126
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) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 18 | 70 |
| 29 | 1 | 16 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 33 | 1 | 18 | |||
(1) 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. | Residential treatment without education. | Non-residential treatment at an oithopaedic 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. | 4 | — | 11 | 11 | l | 11 | 16 |