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London County Council 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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TABLE IV.

Defects treated during 1928.

TREATMENT TABLE.

Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).

Disease or defect.	Defects treated or under treatment.
Disease or defect.	Under Council's scheme.		Otherwise.	Total.
Skin.
Ringworm—Head		516*	229	745†
Ringworm—Body.		97,918
Scabies 1,695	2,820
Impetigo 1,125	2,820
Other skin diseases
Eye disease.
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)			1,543	102,281
Ear disease.		2,820
Cases in which operative treatment (e.g., mastoid operations, etc.) is given are excluded.
Miscellaneous.
(Minor injuries, brusies, sores, chilblains, etc.)
		101,254	1,772	103,026
*449 by X-Ray.	†569 by X-Ray.

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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding eye defects treated as Minor Ailments, Group I.).

Defect or disease.	Defects dealt with.
Defect or disease.	Under Council's scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
Errors of Refraction (including Squint, but excluding operations for Squint)	38,500	1,837	42,821
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in Group I.).	2,484 (estimated)		42,821
Children for whom glasses were prescribed under Council's scheme 28,977				89.3%
„ who obtained or received glasses under Council's scheme 25,887				89.3%

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Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Throat and Nose.

Number of defects.
Received operative treatment.			Received other forms of treatment.	Total number treated.
Under Council's scheme.	Private practitioner or hospital.	Total.	Received other forms of treatment.	Total number treated.
15,036	*2,336	17,372	5,126	22,498
*107 by private practitioners, 2,229 at hospitals.

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