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 Richmond]
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Table IV.—Group 2.
Defective Vision and Squint.
Defect or Disease.
(1)
Number of Defects dealt with.
Under
the Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Submitted to
Refraction by
Private Practitioner
or at
Hospital.
(3)
Otherwise.
(4)
Total.
(5)
Errors of Refraction (including
squint)
128
2
-
130
Other Defect or Disease
of the Eyes
—
—
—
—
Total
128
2
—
130
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
[a) Under the Authority's Scheme 99
(b) Otherwise . 1
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles.
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 99
(б) Otherwise. 1
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids,
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
Table IV.—Group 3.
Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
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 Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Total.
(3)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
1
1
56
—
—
-
5
—
1
1
61
-
-
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