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 London County Council]
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Table IV.
Disease or defect. | Defects treated or under treatment. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Skin— Scabies | 5,311 | _ | 5,311 |
Impetigo | |||
Ring-worm, head | 178* | 242 | 420 |
body | 110,600 | 1,080 | 111,680 |
Other skin disease | |||
Eye disease (external) and other (but excluding cases falling in Group II) | |||
Ear disease (cases in which operative treatment, e.g., mastoid operations, etc., is given, are excluded) | |||
Miscellaneous (minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 116,089 | 1,322 | 117,411 |
* 100 by X-ray.
†370 by X-ray.
(6) Group II.—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye dejects treated as minor ailments,
Disease or defect. | Defects dealt with. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of refraction (including squint, but excluding operations for squint) | 38,434 | 1,827 | | 42,261 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in Group I) | 2.000 (estimated) | — |
Children for whom glasses were prescribed—under the Council's scheme, 29,382; otherwise
1,397 (estimated).
Children who obtained or received glasses—under the Council's scheme, 27,292 = 92-9 per cent.;
otherwise 1,013.
(c) Group III.—Treatment of defects of the throat and nose. Number of defects.
Defect. | Received operative treatment. | Total. | Received other forms of treatment. | Total number treated. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under Council's scheme. | Private practitioner or hospital. | ||||
Tonsils | 798 | 728 | 1,526 | 4,021 | 15,457 |
Adenoids | 428 | 101 | 529 | ||
Tonsils and adenoids | 8,782 | 326 | 9,108 | ||
Other | 116 | 157 | 273 | ||
Total | 10,124 | 1,312 | 11,436 |