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 | 393 | 13 | 406 |
(b) Obtained | 351 | 13 | 364 |
Croup 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) | ||
1 | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 22 | 24 |
(i) Tonsils only. | (ii) Adenoids only. | (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids. | |||||||||||
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat. |
Croup 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 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. | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 8 |