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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 1939
[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).
| Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 501 | 10 | 514 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 56 | 4 | 60 |
| Total | 560 | 14 | 574 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 223 | 11 | 234 |
| (b) Obtained | 213 | 11 | 224 |
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioneror Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 17 | 32 |
| — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | 15 | — | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids. (iv) Other
defects of the nose and throat.
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