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 Tottenham]
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(C) Nose and Throat Defects, with any secondary
plications; with treatment and results in school
children.
(D) Miscellaneous cases.
Thus it may be said for such Classification:—
(1) The Tables are comprehensive in their record of the
various types of cases and defects, their treatment
and results.
(2) They are easy to understand.
(3) They form a simple, reliable system of making Annual
Returns, provided a careful, systematic method of
clinical record of each case is kept at the Clinic.
(4) A general adoption of such a system of classification and
tabulation by various bodies dealing with large numbers
of children with similar ailments, would be a great
advantage in a study of the relative incidence treatment
and results of those conditions throughout the country.