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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
Ilford 1936
[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.) | 1,521 | 01 | 1,612 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 62 | 7 | 69 |
| Total | 1,583 | 98 | 1,681 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were :— (a) Prescribed | 1,037 | 81 | 1,118 |
| (b) Obtained | 1,002 | 105 | 1,107 |
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. (4) | Total Number treated. (6) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. (1) | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Total (3) | |||||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | 29 | 345 |
| 1 | 5 | 155 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 62 | 29 | 50 | 8 | 217 | 41 | ||
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and adenoids.
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.