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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

Hornsey 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE III.

TABLE III.

GROUP I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness)
Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme4,043
GROUP II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
Under the Authority's Scheme
Errors of Refraction (including squint)597
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1)31
Total628
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed222
(b) Obtained183
GROUP III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Under the Authority's Scheme
Received Operative Treatment0
Received other forms of Treatment301
Total Number Treated301