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 Wood Green]
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TABLE IV.— TREATMENT TABLES.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Ringworm—Scalp— (i) X-Ray Treatment | - | - | - |
(ii) Other Treatment | 2 | - | 2 |
Ringworm—Body | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Scabies | 21 | - | 21 |
Impetigo | 62 | 4 | 66 |
Other skin disease | 24 | - | 24 |
87 | 3 | 90 | |
115 | - | 115 | |
929 | 30 | 959 | |
Total | 1,244 | 38 | 1,282 |
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of Refraction (including squint) Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 693 54 | 15 3 | 708 57 |
Total | 747 | 18 | 765 |
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
No. of children for whom spectacles | |||
(a) Prescribed | 325 | 13 | 338 |
(b) Obtained | 284 | 13 | 297 |