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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TABLE IV.
TREATMENT TABLES.
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
" | |||
Ringworm—Scalp:— | |||
(i) X-Ray Treatment | 6 | — | 6 |
(ii) Other Treatment | 3 | — | 3 |
Ringworm—Body | 32 | — | 32 |
Scabies | 36 | — | 36 |
Impetigo | 157 | — | 157 |
Other skin disease | 178 | 2 | ISO |
380 | 1 | 381 | |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group 11.) | |||
160 | 4 | 164 | |
1,178 | 104 | 1,282 | |
Total | 2,130 | 111 | 2,241 |
No. of Defects dealt with. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report) | New 405 Old 143 | 7 | 555 | |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 48 | — | 48 | |
Total | 596 | 603 | ||
No. of Children for whom spectacles were: | ||||
(a) Prescribed | 546 | 7 | 553 | |
(b) Obtained | 528 | 7 | 535 |