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
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as mlnor 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) Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 620 | — | 620 |
119 | 4 | 123 | |
Total | 739 | 4 | 743 |
No. of Children for whom Spectacles were:— | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. |
(a) Prescribed | 460 | — | 460 |
460 | - | 460 |
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) | ||
26 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | — | 2 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 137 | 197 |
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
lefects of the nose and throat.