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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE
| Defect of Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1007 | 21 | 1028 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 25 | - | 25 |
| Total | 1025 | 21 | 1053 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were :— | |||
| 081 | 21 | 702 | |
| (b) Obtained | (177 | 25 | 702 |
TABLE IV.—
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | Received Other Forms of Treat ment. | Total Number Treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
| Under the Authority'Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (2) | |||||||||||||
| 44 | 5 | 38 | 17 | — | 5 | 66 | 5 | 58 | 433 | ||||
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.