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—cont.
Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | |
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No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
(a) Prescribed | 403 | 11 | 414 |
(b) Obtained | 365 | 11 | 376 |
Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
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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) | 15 | 33 |
3 | — | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 3 | — | 15 | — |
(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. | |||||
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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. | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |