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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
Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.—continued.
GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| Disease or Defect. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Submitted to refraction by piivate practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 606 | — | — | 606 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.). | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 606 | — | — | 606 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed.—
| 367 | |
| (b) Otherwise | — |
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles.—
| (a) Under the Authority's Scheme | 347 |
| (b) Otherwise | — |
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 irom the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| 0) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (0 | (ii) | (in) | (iv) | (iii) | (iv) | ||||
| 31 | 16 | 164 | — | 5 | — | 9 | — | 36 | 16 | 173 | — | — | 225 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.