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 Walthamstow]
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TABLE IV.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st
December, 1930.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which
see Group V.).
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Skin— | |||
Ringworm—Scalp.. | 32 | 1 | 33 |
Ringworm—Body | 56 | — | 56 |
Scabies | 30 | — | 30 |
Impetigo | 552 | 1 | 553 |
Other skin diseases | 245 | 4 | 249 |
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 248 | 1 | 249 |
Minor Ear Defects | 217 | — | 217 |
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 604 | 91 | 695 |
Total | 1984 | 98 | 2082 |
GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of Refraction (ineluding Squint) | 336 | 12 | – | 348 |
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 30 | _ | _ | 30 |
Total | 366 | 12 | — | 378 |