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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE III.—
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects
treated as mlnor allments.— group I.).
| Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authoritj's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 444 | 35 | 479 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 129 | 129 | |
| Total | 573 | 35 | 008 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were :— | 375 | 35 | 410 |
| (b) Obtained | 371 | 39 | 410 |
TABLE III—
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose akti 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) | 54 | |
| 1 | 9 | 31 | 13 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 10 | 34 | 13 | 142 | |
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.