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Kingston upon Thames 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: TABLE IV.Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1929.Treatment Table Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)

TABLE IV.

Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1929.

Treatment Table Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)

Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year
Under the Authority's Scheme.Other wise.Total
Skin—Ringworm, Scalp181331
Ringworm, Body43245
Scabies628
Impetigo256—256
Other Skin Disease16819187
Minor Eye Defects—(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)44953
Minor Ear Defects14216
Miscellaneous—e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.18111192
Total73058788

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.Under the Authority's Scheme,Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
Errors of refraction (ineluding Squint)10214—1 l6
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)2—79
Total104147125

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Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 67
(b) Otherwise 12
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 64
(b) Otherwise 12