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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

Kingston upon Thames 1930

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

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Table: TABLE IV.Return of Defhcts Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1930.Treatment Table Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)

TABLE IV.

Return of Defhcts Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1930.

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.Otherwise.Total
Skin—Ringworm, Scalp14822
Ringworm, Body391049
Scabies628
Impetigo1771178
Other Skin Disease1905195
Minor Eye Defects—(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.)24731
Minor Ear Defects20727
Miscellaneous—e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.1314135
Total60144645

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.No. of Defects dealt with.
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)120185143
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.52_7
Total125205150
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme111
(b) Otherwise10
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme106
(b) Otherwise .10