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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
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Group II. —Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as minor ailments.—Group I.)
| Defect ox Diseases | NUMBER OF DEFECTS DEALT WITH. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner- or at Hoppital apart from the Authority's scheme. | Otherwise. | Total | Year 1932 | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ( 6) |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 99 | 8 | 107 | 52 | |
| Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 99 | 8 | 107 | 52 | |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 71
(b) Otherwise 8
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles:—
(а) Under the Authority's scheme 73
(b) Otherwise 8
Group III. —Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| NUMBER OF DEFECTS. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received operative treatment. | Received other forms of treatment. | Total number treated. | Year 1932 | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's scheme in clinic or hospital. | By private practitioner or hospital apart from the Authority's schema. | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | 1(3) | (4) | ... | 8 | 10 |
| - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | |||
| (1) Tonsils only; (2) Adenoids only; (3) Tonsils and Adenoids, (4) Other Defects of Nose and Throat. | ||||||||||||||