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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No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
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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 235 Old 63 | 4 | 302 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 41 | 2 | 43 |
Total | 339 | 6 | 345 |
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total | |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were— | |||
420 | 4 | 424 | |
(6) Obtained | 416 | 4 | 420 |
Received Operative Treatment. | Received other Forms of Treatment. | Total Number Treated. | |||||||||||
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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) | (6) | |||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
- | 51 | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 51 | 1 | - | 212 | 272 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat. |