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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE IV.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year Ended 31st December, 1935.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI).
| Disease or Defect. (1) | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | |
| Skin— Ringworm—Scalp— (i) X — Ray Treatment | - | - | - |
| (ii) Other Treatment | — | — | — |
| Ringworm—Body | 4 | — | 4 |
| Scabies | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| Impetigo | 48 | 1 | 49 |
| Other skin diseases | 28 | 1 | 29 |
| Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 112 | 1 | 113 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 100 | 1 | 101 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) Totals | 559 | 10 | 569 |
| 875 | 15 | 890 | |
Group II.— D efective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
| Defect or Disease. (1) | No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | ||||
| Errors of Refraction (including squint). (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's | 674 | 25 | 699 | 268 | 16 | 244 | 16 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group i) Total | 77 | 10 | 87 | ||||
| 751 | 35 | 786 | |||||