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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).
Number of Defects dealt with | |||
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Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 398 | - | 398 |
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.) | 83 | - | 83 |
Total | 481 | - | 481 |
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 331 | - | 331 |
(b) Obtained | 322 | - | 322 |
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment. | Total. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | ||||||||||
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Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | ||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 191 | 191 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat. |