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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
Wood Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
| Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority 's Scheme | Otherwise. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint). (Operations for Squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report).. | 619 | 20 | 639 | |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 41 | - | - | 41 |
| Totals | 660 | 20 | — | 680 |
Number of Children for whom spectacles were prescribed—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 278
(b) Otherwise 7
Number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 262
(b) Otherwise 13
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other
defects of the nose and throat.
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Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Prac-titioneror Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 48 | 65 | |
| - | - | 8 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 17 | - | |||