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 Acton]
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
Defect or Disease. (1) | No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
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Under the Authority's Scheme (2) | Otherwise (3) | Total. (4) | ||
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 397 | 10 | 407 | |
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 16 | — | 16 | |
Total | 413 | 10 | 423 | |
Number of children for whom spectacles were— | ||||
(a) Prescribed | 262 | 10 | 272 | |
(b) Obtained | 262 | 10 | 272 |
Gboup III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment (4) | Total number treated (5) | |||||||||||
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Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (1) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme (2) | Total (3) | |||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | ||
5 | 3 | 39 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 3 | 44 | — | — | 52 |
(1)—Tonsils only. (2)—Adenoids only. (3)—Tonsils and Adenoids.
(4)—Other defects of the Nose and Throat.