Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE III.—contd.
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments.—Group 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) | 538 | — | 538 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 106 | 3 | 10) |
Total | 644 | 3 | 647 |
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
No. of Children for whom Spectacles were:— | |||
(a) Prescribed | 444 | — | 444 |
(6) Obtained | 444 | - | 444 |
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 Hoipital. (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) | ||
— | 1 | 25 | — | 8 | — | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 83 | 130 |
(1) Tonsils only. | (2) Adenoids only. | (3) Tonsils and adenoids. | (4)Other defects of the nose and throat. |