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Table No. 25.—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, 1929.
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
26
9
35
Body
Scabies
28
14
42
Impetigo
437
54
491
Other Skin Diseases
1,379
96
1,475
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding
cases falling in Group II.)
432
53
485
Minor Ear Defects
344
68
412
Miscellaneous (e.g., Minor Injuries, Bruises, Sores, Chilblains,
etc.)
3,662
1,174
4,836
Total
6,308
1,468
7,776
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.)
604
5
0
609
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding
those recorded in Group I.)
3
0
0
3
Total
607
5
0
612*
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 492
(b) Otherwise 36
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles:—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 423
(b) Otherwise 40
* In addition to this number 195 cases of visual defect received attention by Voluntary Hospital, Private
Practitioner or Optician, but it was not known whether they were submitted to refraction.