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Edmonton 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table IV.
RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE
YEAR 1933.
TREATMENT TABLE.

Table: Group I.—Minor Ailments(excluding uncleanliness,forwhich seeGroup VI.).

Group I.—Minor Ailments(excluding uncleanliness,forwhich seeGroup VI.).

Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
Skin— Ringworm—Scalp (Show separately in brackets the number which were treated by X-ray10 (10)—10 (10)
Ringworm—Body53255
Scabies19—19
Impetigo5011502
Other skin diseases2725312756
Minor Eye Defects (external and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)44812460
Minor Ear Defects68625711
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.)46722954967
Total91143669480

Table: Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint(excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint

(excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Defect or Disease.Number of Defects dealt with.
Under the Authority's Scheme.By Private Practitioner or at Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
Errors of Refraction (including Squint)636——636
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)192——192
Total828——828

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Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 585
(ii) Otherwise —
Number of children for whom spectacles were obtained:—
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme 490
(ii) Otherwise —