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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE III.—
3roup II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects "treated as Minor Ailments.— G roup I.).
| Defect or Disease. (1) | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) | 550 | 30 | 580 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes , (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 102 | 7 | 109 |
| Total | 652 | 37 | 689 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were :— (a) Prescribed | 413 | 30 | 443 |
| (6) Obtained | 410 | 33 | 443 |
TABLE III.—
Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. (4) | Total Number Treated. (5) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. (1) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Total. (3) | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||
| 18 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 63 | 130 |
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.