[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1937

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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE IV Return of Defects Treated during the year ended 31st December, 1937. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness). i Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Disease or Defect. (i) Under the Authority’s Scheme. (2) Otherwise. (3) Total. (4) Skin. Ringworm—Scalp (1) X-Ray Treatment ... 8 16 24 (2) Other Treatment ... 201 17 218 Ringworm—-Body 178 11 189 Scabies 900 135 1,035 Impetigo 7,787 196 7,983 Other skin diseases ... ... 1,973 315 2,288 Minor Eye Defects . (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II). 3,706 195 3,901 Minor Ear Defects 2,936 103 3,039 Miscellaneous. (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). 32,007 694 32,701 TOTAL ... 49,696 1,682 51,378 Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I). Number of Defects dealt with. Defect or Disease. Number of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority’s Scheme. Otherwise. Total. Errors of Refraction (including Squint) (Operations for Squint are recorded separately in the body of the Report) 5,939 39 5,978 Other Defect or Disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) — — — TOTAL ... 5,939 39 5,978 Number of children for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed (b) Obtained 4,261 2,979 39 25 4,300 3,004$