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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE IV. Treatment Tables.

TABLE IV. Treatment Tables.

Disease or Defect. (1)Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
Skin—
Ringworm-Scalp:
(i) X-Ray Treatment10...10
(ii) Other Treatment12...12
Ringworm-Body24...24
Scabies98...98
Impetigo183...1?3
Other Skin Disease82...82
Minor Eye Defects—
External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II260...260
Minor Ear Defects328...328
Miscellaneous—
Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains, etc.1644...1644
Total2641...2641

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)1242211263
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I).........
Total1242211263
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed77121792
(b) Obtained77521796