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.
| No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 2635 | 58 | 2693 |
| (b) Obtained | 2502 | 58 | 2560 |
| 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) | 157 | 883 |
| 122 | 32 | 522 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 129 | 35 | 554 | 8 | ||
(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 of an orthopaedic clinic. | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated. | 1 | 19 | 73 | — | 1 | 27 | 121 |