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Hornsey 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE IV.
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).
| DEPECT OR DISEASE. (1) | Number of Defects dealt with | No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b) (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
| (i) Under the Authority's Scheme | (»•) Otherwise. | (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | ||||
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint). (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report). | 514 | 96 | 610 | ||||
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.). | 36 | 36 | |||||
| Total | 550 | 96 | 646 | 464 | 450 | ||
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||||
| Undar the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). | By Private Practitioner or 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) | 76 | 86 |
| 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.