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 Walthamstow]
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Defect or Disease. (1) | No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom spectacles were | |||||
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Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | Otherwise. (3) | Total. (4) | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | ||||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | New 346 | 10 | 356 | 288 | 10 | 274 | 10 |
Old 127 | 127 | ||||||
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 39 | — | 39 | ||||
Total ...... | 512 | 10 | 522 |
Received Operative Treatment. | Received other Forms of Treatment. (4) | Total Number Treated. (5) | |||||||||||
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Under the Authority's Scheme, in Olinio 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) | ||
- | - | 91 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 91 | - | 97 | 196 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
Under the Authority's Scheme. (1) | Otherwise. (2) | Total number treated. | |||||
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Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | ||
Number of children treated | 29 | 1 | 248 | 1 | — | — | 279 |