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Edmonton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table III—Treatment Tables

GROUP 1.—MINOR AILMENTS (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS, FOR WHICH

SEE TABLE V).

Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
(a) Skin—
Ringworm—Scalp—
(i) X-Ray treatment. If none, indicate by dash
(ii) Other treatment3
Ringworm—Body18
Scabies33
Impetigo144
Other Skin Diseases1058
Eye Disease693
(External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital)
Ear Defects(Treatment for serious diseases of the ear (e.g., operative treatment in hospital should not be recorded here but in the body of the School Medical Officer's Annual Report)621
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)7560
Total10130
b) Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics26910

GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (EXCLUDING EYE DISEASE TREATED AS MINOR AILMENTS—GROUP I)

No. of defects dealt with
Errors of Refraction (including squint)1,358
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)1
Total1,359
Number of pupils for whom spectacles were :—
(a) Prescribed1,300
(6) Obtained1,300
GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT
Received operative treatment—Total number treated
(a) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis224
(b) for other nose and throat conditions4
Received other forms of treatment4
Total232