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London County Council 1938

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

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Table: Table IVTreatment table(a)Group I—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which see group V

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Table IV

Treatment table

(a)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	9,010	—	9,010
Impetigo	5,282	—	5,282
Ringworm, head	*103	147	†250
„ body
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)	128,819	548	129,367
Miscellaneous (minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)	143,214	695	143,909

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* 88 by X-ray.
† 118 by X-ray.

Table: (b) GroupII—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments,for which see group I)

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(b) GroupII—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)	35,359	982	38,341
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those in group I)	2,000 (estimated)	♦	38,341

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Children for whom glasses were prescribed—under the Council's scheme, 25,663; otherwise
713 (estimated).
Children who obtained or received glasses—under the Council's scheme, 24,730 = 96.3 per cent.;
otherwise 645.
* Included in group I minor ailment9.

Table: TableIV (continued)(c) GroupIII—Treatment of defects of the throat and nose—number of defects

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TableIV (continued)

Defect	Received operative treatment		Total	Received other forms of treatment	Total number treated
Defect	Under Council's scheme	Private practitioner or hospital	Total	Received other forms of treatment	Total number treated
Tonsils	749	574	1,323	3,832	13,761
Adenoids	377	57	434
Tonsils and adenoids	7,759	311	8,070
Other	9	93	102
Total	8,894	1,035	9,929	3,832	13,761

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Table: Table IVTreatment table(a)Group I—Minor ailments, excluding uncleanliness, for which see group V

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Table: (b) GroupII—Defective vision and squint (excluding eye defects treated as minor ailments,for which see group I)

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Table: TableIV (continued)(c) GroupIII—Treatment of defects of the throat and nose—number of defects