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 or Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st
December, 1936.
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) | 4 | 5 | 9 |
„ „ (other treatment) | 2 | — | 2 |
Ringworm—Body | 21 | — | 21 |
Scabies | 95 | 1 | 96 |
Impetigo | 228 | 3 | 231 |
Other Skin Disease | 346 | 26 | 372 |
292 | 6 | 298 | |
207 | 13 | 220 | |
1,040 | 31 | 1,071 | |
Total | 2,235 | 85 | 2,320 |
No. of Defects dealt with. | No. of children for whom Spectacles were | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Prescribed (1) | Obtained (2) | |||
(i) | (ii) | (i) | (ii) | ||||
Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | ||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 947 | 21 | 908 | 774 | 21 | 772 | 21 |
Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
Total | 954 | 29 | 983 |