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London County Council 1931

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Table: (6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1931.

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(6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1931.

Defect.	School.
	Day M.D.		Residential M.D.		Day Blind.		Residential Blind.		Day Deaf.		Residential Deaf.		Epileptic Colony.		Total.
		Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.
M.D. and deaf	1	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	8	3	_	_	9	3
M.D. and crippled	47	31	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	_	_	48	31
M.D. and heart	34	42	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	34	42
M.D. and epileptic	22	27	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	21	8	43	35
Blind and deaf	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	_	_	1	_
Blind and crippled	_	_	_	_	_	2	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	2
Blind and heart	_	_	_	_	1	2	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	2
Blind and epileptic	_	_	_	_	1	1	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	1
Deaf and crippled	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	2	1	_	_	_	2	2
Deaf and heart	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	2	1	_	1	_	_	2	2
Deaf and epileptic	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	_	_	_	_	1
Deaf, M.D. and crippled	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	3	_	_	_	3	_
Epileptic and crippled	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	3	1	3
Epileptic and heart	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	2	_	2	_
Epileptic, M.D. and crippled	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	4	1	4	1
Epileptic, M.D. and heart	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	1	_	1
	104	100	_	_	2	5	_	_	3	4	14	4	28	13	151	126
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Table: Table IV.Treatment table.Group I.—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group V.

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Table IV.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—
Scabies	4,413	—	4,413
Impetigo	4,413	—	4,413
Ring-worm, head	268*	152	420†
" body	101,391	1,340	102,731
Other skin disease
Eye disease (external) and other, (but excluding cases falling in Group II)
Ear disease (cases in which operative treatment, e.g.,mastoid operations, etc., is given, are excluded) Miscellaneous (minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)
	106,072	1,492	107,564

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* 212 by X-ray. f 262 by X-ray.

Table: Group II.—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments,for which see Group I).

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Group II.—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments,for which see Group I).

Disease or defect.	Defects dealt with.
Disease or defect.	Under Council's scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
Errors of refraction (including squint, but excluding operations for squint)	41,986	2,082	46,768
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in Group I)	2,700 (estimated)	–

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Children for whom glasses were prescribed—-under the Council's scheme, 30,151; otherwise
1,490 (estimated).
Children who obtained or received glasses—under the Council's scheme, 27,939=92-6 per cent.;
otherwise 1,216.

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London County Council 1931

Table: (6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1931.

Table: Table IV.Treatment table.Group I.—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group V.

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Table: Group II.—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments,for which see Group I).

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