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 Tottenham]
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Table IV.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st
December, 1935.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Disease or Defect. | Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Ringworm—Scalp (treated by X-Rays) | 3 | — | 3 |
„ „ (other treatment) | 3 | — | 3 |
Ringworm—Body | 12 | — | 12 |
Scabies | 61 | 3 | 64 |
Impetigo | 258 | 8 | 266 |
Other Skin Disease | 375 | 23 | 398 |
291 | 26 | 317 | |
162 | 23 | 185 | |
931 | 14 | 945 | |
Total | 2,096 | 97 | 2,193 |
No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom Spectacles were | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
(i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii) Otherwise. | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 890 | 27 | 923 | ||||
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 9 | 9 | 18 | 705 | 27 | 765 | 27 |
Total | 905 | 30 | 941 |