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 Tottenham]
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Table IV.— Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st
December, 1934.
TREATMENT TABLE.
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 (treated by X-Rays) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
,, ,, (other treatment) | 2 | — | 2 |
Ringworm— Body | 17 | 1 | 18 |
Scabies | 55 | 1 | 56 |
Impetigo | 203 | 5 | 208 |
Other Skin Disease | 306 | 29 | 335 |
282 | 8 | 290 | |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II) | |||
194 | 32 | 226 | |
915 | 40 | 955 | |
Total | 1,976 | 117 | 2,093 |
Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom Spectacles were | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Anthority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 909 | 33 | 942 | ||||
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 9 | 8 | 17 | 757 | 33 | 756 | 38 |
Total | 018 | 41 | 959 |
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. | |||||||||||
(i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
1 | - | 407 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 407 | 1 | 283 | 901 |
Unclassified 209 | Unclassified 209 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.