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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

Edmonton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: Croup II.—Defective Vision and Squint(excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as MinorAilments—Group 1).

Croup II.—Defective Vision and Squint(excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor

Ailments—Group 1).

Number of Defects dealt with
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
Errors of Refraction (including squint)884-884
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)83—83
Total967—967
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
Number of Children for whom spectacles were—
(a) Prescribed828—828
(b) Obtained816—816

Table: Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.Number of Defects.

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatment.Received Other Forms of Treatment.Total Number Treated.
Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
43412291-5344412712654841
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.

Table: Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise. (2)Total number treated.
Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii)Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii)
No. of children treated13—313———313