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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Heston and Isleworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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TABLE IV.—continued.

Table: GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defectstreated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects

treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

Defect or Disease (1)No. of defects dealt withNo. of children for whom spectacles were
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)69116924771481 *1
Other defect or disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group i).–11––––
Total6912693

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* Note.—4 of these had spectacles prescribed at the end of last year.

Table: GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.

GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.

Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of Treatment. (4)Total Number Treated (5)
Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic 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)
1—94—11159—121153——166

Table: GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise. (2)Total number treated.
Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic (iii)Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic clinic. (iii)
Number of children treated4—113—2037