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Table IV.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st
December, 1938.
TREATMENT TABLE.
Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which
see Table VI).
Disease or Defect.
(1)
Number of Defects treated or
under treatment during the year.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Otherwise.
(3)
Total.
(4)
Skin:—
Ringworm—Scalp (treated by X-Rays)
1
—
1
,, ,, (other treatment)
2
—
2
Ringworm—Body
7
—
7
Scabies
107
—
107
Impetigo
199
—
199
Other Skin Disease
367
21
388
Minor Eye Defects
189
5
194
(External and other, but excluding cases
falling in Group II)
Minor Ear Defects
341
23
364
Miscellaneous
958
23
981
(e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores,
chilblains, etc.)
Total
2,171
72
2,243
Group 11.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated
as Minor Ailments—Group I).
(1)
No. of Defects dealt with.
No. of children for whom
Spectacles were
Under the
Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Otherwise.
(3)
Total.
(4)
Prescribed
(1)
Obtained
(2)
(I)
Under
the
Authority's
Scheme.
(II)
Otherwise.
(I)
Under
the
Authority's
Scheme.
(II)
Otherwise.
Errors of Refraction (including
squint)
891
18
909
739
18
737
18
Other Defect or Disease of
the Eyes (excluding those
recorded in Group I
8
9
17
Total
899
27
926