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London County Council 1929

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

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TABLE IV.Defects treated during 1929.TREATMENT TABLE.Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding unclkanliness, for which seeGroup V.).

Disease or defect.	Defects treated or under treatment.
Disease or defect.	Under Council's scheme.		Otherwise.	Total.
Skin.
Ringworm—Head		480*	123	603†
Ringworm—Body.
Scabies 1,834	3,163
Impetigo 1,329	3,163
Other skin diseases
Eye disease.
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)		98,023	1,492	102,678
Ear disease.		3,163
Cases in which operative treatment (e.g., mastoid operations, etc.) is given are excluded.
Miscellaneous.
(Minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)
(Minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)		101,666	1,615	103,281

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*401 by X-ray.
† 455 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)	39,120	1,905	43,525
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in Group I.).	2,500(estimated)	*	43,525

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Children for whom glasses were prescribed under Council's scheme
„ who obtained or received glasses under Council's scheme
29,212
26,993
92.4 %

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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.
14,904	*2,282	17,186	4,999	22,185

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* 107 by private practitioners, 2,175 at hospitals.