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 Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE IV.—
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Augments—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 | 198 | 4 | - | 202 |
Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group i) | - | - | - | - |
Total | 198 | 4 | - | 202 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 194
(b) Otherwise 4
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 204
(b) Otherwise 4
* Includes 10 spectacles prescribed at end of preceding year.
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme | Total | Received other forms of Treatment | Total number treated | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
- | - | 111 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 113 | - | 220* | 333 |
*For Dental Sepsis and for breathing exercises in Orthopaedic Clinic, (i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids, (vi) Other defects of the nose and throat. |