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TABLE IV.
Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended
31st December, 1924.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Croup I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)
Disease or Defect.
(1)
Number of Defects treated, or under
treatment during the year.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme
(2)
Otherwise.
(3)
Total.
(4)
Skin—
Ringworm—Scalp
39
9
48
Ringworm—Body
74
3
77
Scabies
15
2
17
Impetigo
382
17
399
Other skin disease
101
40
141
Minor Eye Defects
(External and other, but
excluding cases falling in
Group II.)
125
15
140
Minor Ear Defects
246
13
259
Miscellaneous
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises,
sores, chilblains, etc.)
118
45
163
Total
1,100
144
1,244
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects
treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
Defect or Disease.
(1)
No. of Defects dealt with.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme
(2)
Submitted to
refraction by
private
practitioner or at
hospital, apart
from the
Authority's
Scheme.
(3)
Otherwise.
(4)
Total.
(5)
Errors of Refraction (including
Squint)
475
31
-
506
Other Defect or Disease of the
Eyes (excluding those recorded
in Group I.)
13
-
—
13
Total
488
31
—
519
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 717
(б) Otherwise . 31
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles
{a) Under the Authority's Scheme 710
(6) Otherwise 31