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 Ilford]
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Table IV.-
| Defect or Disease. (1) | No. of Defects dealt with | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | 1,202 | 109 | 1,311 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | - | 17 | 17 |
| Total | 1,202 | 126 | 1,328 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were:- | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 914 | 102 | 1,016 |
| (b) Obtained | 891 | 109 | 1,000 |
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total Number treated. | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic 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) | 20 | 221 |
| 1 | 3 | 118 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 163 | 17 | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids.
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.