London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE III.
Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uneleanliness).
| Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's Scheme | 2,811 | |
| Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint. | ||
| Under the Authority's Scheme | ||
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 1,368 | |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 28 | |
| Total | 1,396 | |
| Number of children for whom spectacles were | ||
| (a) Prescribed | 1,005 | |
| (b) Obtained | 933 | |
| Group III. -Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. | ||
| Received Operative Treatment | 166 | |
| Received other forms of treatment | — | |
| Total number treated | 166 | |