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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABDE IV.—
Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (Excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
| Number of Defects dealt with | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 191 | 10 | 201 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | _ | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 191 | 13 | 204 |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 182 | 8 | 190 |
| (b) Obtained | 174 | 8 | 182 |
Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Number of Defects. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment | Received other forms of Treatment | Total number treated | |||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme | Total | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| — | — | 30 | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | 74 | — | 142 | 216 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids.
(vi) Other defects of the nose and throat.