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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 1943
[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 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) | 607 | 40 | 647 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 140 | 140 | |
| Total | 747 | 40 | 787 |
| • | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were:— | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 510 | 40 | 550 |
| (b) Obtained | 508 | 42 | 550 |
TABLE III.—
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) | 129 | 250 |
| 11 | 2 | 61 | 23 | 17 | — | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 67 | 24 | ||
(1)Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.