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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
Leyton 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE IV.—
Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Mincr Eye Defects treated as minor allments.—Group I.).
| Defect or Disease. (1) | Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3) | Otherwise. (4) | Total. (5) | |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint). (Operations for Squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report) | 1066 | 16 | 8 | 1090 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 34 | - | — | 34 |
| Total | 1100 | 16 | 8 | 1124 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed-
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 848
(b) Otherwise 24
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles-
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 845
(b) Otherwise 27
TABLE IV.—
Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. (4) | Total Number Treated. (5) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. (1) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Total. (3) | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
| — | — | 118 | 21 | — | — | 34 | 9 | — | — | 152 | 30 | 86 | 268 |
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.