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 Croydon]
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TABLE IV.
Treatment Tables.
Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI).
Disease or Defect. (1) | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
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Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | |
Skin— Ringworm-Scalp: | |||
(i) X-Ray Treatment | 2 | ... | 2 |
(ii) Other Treatment | 4 | ... | 4 |
Ringworm-Body | 32 | ... | 32 |
Scabies | 42 | ... | 42 |
Impetigo | 261 | ... | 261 |
Other Skin Disease | 164 | ... | 164 |
Minor Eye Defects— | |||
External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II | 228 | ... | 228 |
Minor Ear Defects | 252 | ... | 252 |
Miscellaneous— Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains, etc. | 1070 | ... | 1070 |
Total | 2055 | ... | 2055 |
Group II,— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 868 | 9 | 877 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | ... | ... | ... |
Total | 868 | 9 | 877 |
No.of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
(a) Prescribed | 647 | 9 | 656 |
(b) Obtained | 568 | 9 | 577 |