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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE IV.
Return of Defects Treated During the Year Ended 31st December , 1936 Treatment Tables.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.
| Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total. | |
| Skin—Ringworm, Scalp— (i) X-Ray Treatment. If none indicate by dash | - | - | - |
| (ii) Other Treatment | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ringworm, Body | 15 | - | 15 |
| Scabies | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Impetigo | 142 | 2 | 144 |
| Other skin disease | 323 | 19 | 342 |
| Minor Eye Defects—(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | 57 | 3 | 60 |
| Minor Ear Defects | 25 | - | 25 |
| Miscellaneous—(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 184 | 27 | 211 |
| Total | 754 | 54 | 808 |
Group II.—D efective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects dealt with. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total. | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 103 | 27 | 130 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Total | 107 | 31 | 138 |
| No. of children for whom spectacles were prescribed (i) Under the Authority's Scheme | 87 | ||
| (ii) Otherwise | 18 | ||
| Total | 105 | ||
| No. of children for whom spectacles were obtained:— (i) Under the Authority's Scheme | 87 | ||
| (ii) Otherwise | 18 | ||
| Total | 105 | ||