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Croydon 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: SECONDARY Groupe 11. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as minor ailments.Group I)

SECONDARY Groupe 11. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as

minor ailments.Group I)

Defect or Diseases.number of defects dealt with.
Under Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioners or at Hospital apart from the Authority's scheme.Otherwise.Total.Year 1935.
0)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
Errors of refraction (including squint)1257132148
Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Qroup I).........
Total1257132148

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Total number of children for whom spectacles ere prescribed :—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 92
(b) Otherwise 7
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles :—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 100
(b) Otherwise 7
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Table: Number of defects.

Number of defects.

Received operative treatment.Received other forms of treatment.Total number treated.Year 1935.
Under the Authority's scheme in clinic or hospital.By private practitioner or hospital apart from the Authority's scheme.TOTAL.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(1)(2)(3)(4)(1)(2)(3)(4)
......3...3.........3...3......64
(1) Tonsils only; (2) Adenoids only; (3) Tonsils and Adenoids; (4) Other Defects of Nose and Throat.