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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
Ilford 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table IV.—Continued.
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
| No. of Defects dealt with | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Defect or Disease | Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 1,004 | 58 | 1,062 |
| (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | |||
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| Total | 1,019 | 69 | 1,088 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed ... ... ... .... | 825 | 58 | 883 |
| (6) Obtained | 798 | 67 | 865 |
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
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 Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme | Total | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (") | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 6 | 159 |
| 1 | 1 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 130 | 15 | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.