[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton] page 72

Leyton 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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TABLE 3.—Return or Defects Treated during the Year.

TREATMENT TABLE.

Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness).

Disease or Defect.	Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
Disease or Defect.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Skin—Ringworm—Scalp—(1) X-ray treatment	–	–	–
(2) Other	–	–	–
Body	–	–	–
Scabies	–	–	–
Impetigo	–	–	–
Other skin diseases	1	–	1
Minor Eye Defects—(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)	–	–	–
Minor Ear Defects	1	–	1
Miscellaneous—(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)	2	–	2
Total	4	–	4

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TABLE 3.—contd.

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments.—Group I.).

Defect or Disease.	Number of Defects dealt with.
Defect or Disease.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Errors of refraction (including squint)	37	18	55
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)	4	–	4
Total	41	18	69

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Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed—
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 28
(b) Otherwise 18