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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

Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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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 SchemeBy Private Practitioner or at Hospital, apartfrom the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Errors of Refraction (including squint)New 35811566
(Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report)Old 197
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)22——22
Total57711588
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme.(ii) Otherwise
Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed48011
Number of children for whom spectacles were obtained46711

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Group III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.

Table: Number of Defects.

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)
51105-4---91105-108223