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 East Ham]
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G roup II.—D efective V ision and S quint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 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) | (5) | ||||
B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) (Operations for Squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report). | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.). | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles
were prescribed—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 2
(b) Otherwise —
Total number of children who obtained or
received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 2
(b) Otherwise —
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 (see note b). | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||
B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. |
8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 |