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Table No. 29.—Corresponding to Table IV. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical
Officer of the Board of Education for 1923.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.
Treatment Table.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)
Disease or Defect.
(1)
Number of Defects Treated, or under
Treatment during the Year.
Treated.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Otherwise.
(3)
Total.
(4)
Skin :—
Ringworm—Scalp
Body
94
22
116
Scabies
4
8
12
Impetigo
352
36
388
Other Skin Diseases
994
122
1,116
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding
cases falling in Group II.)
365
40
405
Minor Ear Defects
376
65
441
Miscellaneous (e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains,
etc.)
2,574
1,448
4,022
Total
4,759
1,741
6,500
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)
Submitted
to refraction
by private
practitioner
or at hospital
apart from
the
Authority's
Scheme.
(3)
Otherwise.
(4)
Total.
(5)
Errors of Refraction (including squint)
(Operations for squint should be recorded
separately in the body of the Report.)
667
5
0
672
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding
those recorded in Group I.)
0
0
0
0
Total
667
5
0
672*
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed :—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 587
(b) Otherwise 124
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles :—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 506
(b) Otherwise 129
* In addition to this number 201 cases of visual defect received attention by Voluntary Hospital, Private
Practitioner or Optician, but it was not known whether they were submitted to refraction.