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 Ailments—Group' I).
Number of Defects dealt with | |||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) | 310 | - | 310 |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | - | - | - |
Total | 310 | - | 310 |
No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
(a) Prescribed | 288 | - | 288 |
(b) Obtained | 246 | - | 246* |
* Most of the balance were issued after the Christmas Holiday. |
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 | |||||||||||
(i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
- | - | - | - | - | 3 | 45 | 1 | - | 3 | 45 | 1 | 125† | 174 |
(i) Tonsils only. (ii) Adenoids only. (iii) Tonsils and Adenoids.
(iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
*Scheme in abeyance during re-building of Chiswick Hospital.
†Chiefly Dental Treatment