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 Wood Green]
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
| Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
| (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | (ii) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
| Errors of Refraction (including squint). | 673 | 21 | 694 | 313 | 8 | 293 | 18 |
| (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | |||||||
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 109 | 2 | 111 | ||||
| Total | 782 | 23 | 805 | ||||
Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 10 | - | 51 | 61 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other
defects of the nose and throat.
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