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 Wimbledon]
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GROUP I.—M
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 | 6 | 13 | 19 |
Body | 51 | 3 | 54 |
Scabies | 27 | 4 | 31 |
Impetigo | 215 | 1 | 216 |
Other skin disease | 266 | 9 | 275 |
79 | 4 | 83 | |
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) | |||
71 | 3 | 74 | |
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) | 235 | 5 | 240 |
Total | 950 | 42 | 992 |
GROUP II.—defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
DEFECT or DISEASE. | Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme | Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Errors of refraction (including Squint). | 228 | 4 | — | 232 |
Other Defects or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | — | — | — | — |
Total | 228 | 4 | — | 232 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
a. Under the Authority's Scheme 219 b. Otherwise —
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
a. Under the Authority's Scheme 219 b. Otherwise —
79