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 Barking]
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STATISTICS RELATING TO THE WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC CLINICS
DURING 1937.
TABLE 1.
No. of refractions under atropine | 792 |
No. of post-mydriatic tests | 28 |
No. of spectacles prescribed | 611 |
No. of cases listed for squint training | 75 |
All spectacles were checked before being issued at the Clinics.
TABLE II.
MYOPIA.
TABLE SHOWING WORK CARRIED OUT DURING 1937 IN CONNECTION WITH SCHOOL-CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MYOPIA.
Individual Cases. | Spectacles. | No. of Cases reviewed within:— | Recommendations to Head Teachers for:— | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ordered for first time. | Changed. | No Change. | Months. | Ordinary Routine. | "Easy Treatment." | "Special" Treatment. | |||||
3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | |||||||
TABLE III.
Conjunctivitis and Blepharitis | 59 |
Corneal Nebulae | 2 |
Corneal Ulcer | 2 |
Phlyctenular-Conjunctivitis | 15 |
Injury | 4 |
Meibomiam Cyst | 3 |
Foreign body in eye | 3 |
Dacryocystitis | 4 |
Hordeolum | 13 |
Ingrowing eyelash | 1 |
Keratitis | 4 |
Phlyctenular Keratitis | 2 |
Cataract | 1 |
Keloid of lower lid | 1 |
Supra-orbital abscess | 1 |
Stenosed lacrimal duct | 1 |