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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE IV. (continued.)
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—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). | 511 | 12 | 523 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.). | 42 | — | 42 |
| Total | 553 | 12 | 565 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 447 | — | 447 |
| (b) Obtained | 440 | — | 440 |
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received operative treatment | Received other forms of treatment.(4) | Total number treated.(5) | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). (i) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Total. (3) | |||||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| 19 | 19 | 106 | 125 | ||||||||||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.