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 London County Council]
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Appnedix XIII.
APPENDIX XIII.
Defect of | No treatment obtained at time of revision. | Stated to have been advised that no treatment needed. | Treatment completed. Result satisfactory. | Still under treatment. | Treatment received, but symptoms recurred or not alleviated. | Glasses fail to correct vision. | Treatment received—no more can be done. | Treatment incomplete, as children did not return. Still needed. | Glasses prescribed but not yet obtained. | Home and other treatment not under medical supervision. | Left or absent, but history that treatment had been obtained. | Left or absent—no history of treatment. | |||||
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Treatment still needed | Treatment not now-needed. | Symptoms unrelieved, treatment still needed. | Symptoms alleviated. | Treatment no longer needed. | Treatment still necessary. | ||||||||||||
Not commenced. | Said to have been refused treatment at hospital. | Absent. History of no treatment. | |||||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) |
Eyes and vision | 494 | 16 | 39 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 592 | 117 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 89 | 167 |
Throat and nose | 739 | 21 | 42 | 40 | 51 | 22 | 600 | 135 | 78 | — | 2 | 30 | — | — | — | 43 | 183 |
Ears | 150 | - | 8 | 19 | 2 | — | 119 | 77 | 20 | - | 2 | 20 | — | 36 | 14 | 8 | 36 |
Teeth | 516 | - | 3 | 12 | 8 | - | 137 | 22 | 11 | - | - | 14 | — | - | - | 3 | 27 |
Skin | 14 | - | 4 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 1 | — | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Miscellaneous affections | 80 | - | 3 | 20 | 3 | - | 63 | 130 | 4 | - | - | 9 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 62 3(a) |
Totals | 1,993 | 37 | 99 | 138 | 83 | 40 | 1,555 | 495 | 137 | 39 | 12 | 107 | 120 | 59 | 22 | 153 | 487 |
(a) Died.