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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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TABLE III.
Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments
(excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V.).
Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year
under the Authority's Scheme 833

Table: Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

Number of Defects dealt with
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
Errors of Refraction (including Squint)281_281
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.)71—71
Total352—352
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed227—227
(b) Obtained220—220

Table: Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Group 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 HospitalBy Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
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