Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.—Continued.
Number of Children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
| (a) Under the Authority's Scheme | 2930 |
| (b) Otherwise | 31 |
| Number of Children who obtained spectacles:— | |
| (a) Under the Authority's Scheme | 2792 |
| (b) Otherwise | 21 |
| 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) | ||
| 352 | 19 | 422 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 367 22 | 436 | 30 | 134 | 989 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
| Number of children treated. | Under the Authority's Scheme (1) | Otherwise. (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| Total number treated. | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | |
| — | — | — | - | — | — | — | |