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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV.Treatment Tables.Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI).

TABLE IV.

Treatment Tables.

Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI).

Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Skin—
Ringworm-Scalp:
(i) X-Ray Treatment4...4
(ii) Other Treatment5...5
Ringworm-Body32...32
Scabies62...62
Impetigo304...304
Other Skin Disease209...209
Minor Eye Defects—
External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II295...295
Minor Ear Defects321...321
Miscellaneous—
Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains, etc. ...1541...1541
Total2773...2773

Table: Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

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)93816954
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I).........
Total93816954
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed58416600
(b) Obtained62216638