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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
West Ham 1934
[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 | 2810 |
| (b) Otherwise | 39 |
| Number of Children who obtained spectacles:— | |
| (a) Under the Authority's Scheme | 2565 |
| (b) Otherwise | 39 |
| 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) | ||
| 164 | 24 | 440 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 171 | 26 | 467 | 17 | 190 | 871 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
| Under the Authority's Scheme (1) | Otherwise. (2) | Total number treated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated. | 2 | 14 | 54 | — | 1 | 13 | 84 |