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 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 |