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 Barking]
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GROUP II.-DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments-Group I.)
No. of defects dealt with. | |
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ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint) | 749 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | — |
Total | 749 |
No. of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed | 414 |
(b) Obtained | 503 |
GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. | |
Received operative treatment:— | Total number treated. |
223 | |
(b) for other nose and throat conditions | — |
Received other forms of treatment | 308 |
Total | 531 |
GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS. | |
(a) No. treated as in-patients in hospitals or hospital schools | 7 |
(b) No. treated otherwise e.g. in clinics or out-patient departments | 908 |
GROUP V.—CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY. | |
No. of pupils treated (a) under Child Guidance arrangements | — |
(b) under Speech Therapy arrangements | 37 |