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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
East Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE IV.—
G roup II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| No. of Defects dealt with. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect or Disease. | Jnder the Authority's Scheme (see note b). | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report.) | 871 | 87 | 5 | 963 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 19 | 4 | - | 23 |
| Total | 890 | 91 | 5 | 886 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles
were prescribed—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme ... 675
(b) Otherwise ... ... ... ... 84
Total number of children who obtained or
received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme ... 675
(b) Otherwise ... ... ... ... 84
G roup III.— T reatment of D efects of N ose and T hroat. NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
| Number Of Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recived Operative Treatment | Recived other forms of Treatment. | Total number Treated. | ||
| Under the Authority's SchemeinClinic or Hospital. (see note b.) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 246 | 73 | 319 | 81 | 350 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 246 | 73 | 319 | 81 | 350 |