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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE IV.—
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects
treated as minor ailments.—group I.).
| Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 844 | 53 | 897 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 188 | — | 188 |
| Total | 1,032 | 53 | 1,085 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were :— | |||
| 740 | 53 | 793 | |
| (6) Obtained | 738 | 55 | 793 |
TABLE
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. | Total Number Treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
| 20 | 10 | 92 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 13 | 100 | 56 | 110 | 312 |
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.