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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TABLE IV.—Return of defects treated during the year
ended 31st December 1932.
TREATMENT TABLE.
GROUP I.—MINOR ATLMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
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 | 4 | — | 4 |
Body | 32 | — | 32 |
Scabies | 19 | — | 19 |
Impetigo | 62 | — | 62 |
Other skin disease | 126 | — | 126 |
125 | - | 125 | |
103 | — | 103 | |
506 | _ | 506 | |
Total | 977 | — | 977 |
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). | 283 | 24 | - | 307 |
Other Defects or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 17 | — | - | 17 |
Total | 300 | 24 | — | 324 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
a. Under the Authority's Scheme 94 6. Otherwise 11
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles:—
a. Under the Authority's Scheme 92 b. Otherwise 11
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