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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| Defect or Disease. | No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | C Otherwise. | Total. | Prescribed | Obtained | |||
| (1) | (2) | ||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (i) | (>') | ||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 524 | 53 | 377 | 369 | 9 | 360 | 9 |
| Other Defect or Disease nf the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group i.) | — | — | — | ||||
| Total | 524 | 551 | 577 | ||||
Group III.—Treatment of Defects ok Nose and Throat.
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number Treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's SchemeinClinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 65 | 409 |
| 33 | 6 | 270 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 291 | 4 | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.