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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
Leyton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE IV.—
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects
treated as mlnor ailments.—group I.).
| Defect of Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Errors of refraction (including squint) .. | 920 | 28 | 948 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 164 | — | 164 |
| Total | 1,084 | 28 | 1,112 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were:— | |||
| 654 | 28 | 682 | |
| (6) Obtained | 649 | 33 | 682 |
TABLE IV.—
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | Received Other Forms of Treatment. | Total Number Treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | |||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | 146 | 351 |
| 65 | 9 | 75 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 84 | 14 | 87 | 20 | ||
(1) Tonsils only. (2) Adenoids only. (3) Tonsils and adenoids. (4) Other
defects of the nose and throat.