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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
Hornsey 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE TV.
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects
treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).
| Number of Defects dealt with | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b) | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint). (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report). | 457 | 14 | 471 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.). | 34 | — | 34 |
| Total | 491 | 14 | 505 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 451 | — | 451 |
| (4) Obtained | 446 | — | 446 |
G roup 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 (see note b). | 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) | ||
| 10 | 10 | 52 | 62 | ||||||||||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids.
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.