[Report 1946] / School Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1946
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    Table III. Group I.—TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V). Total number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority’s Scheme .. .. 21,019 Group IT—TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group T). 1 i i 1 No. oi Defects dealt with Under the Authority’s Scheme. Otherwise Total ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint) .. 1 Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) 1 Total 3,998 425 4,423 Nil 45 45 3,998 470 4,468 j 1 i No. of Children for whom Spectacles were 1 (a) Prescribed i fb) Obtained. . Under the Authority’s Scheme. Otherwise. Total 2,991 408 3,399 *2,928 402 3,330 ‘Some of these Spectacles were prescribed in 1945 Group III —TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OP NOSE AND THROAT. Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment. - Received Under the By Private other Total Authority’s Practitioner forms of number Scheme, in or Hospital, Treatment. treated Clinic or Hos- apart from the pital. Authority’s Scheme. (1) (2) (3) (4) 1,368 312 1,434 3,114