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Enfield 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Report of the School Ophthalmic Surgeon.
Mr. S. MACKY, M.B., B.S., D.O.M.S.
for the year ending 31st December, 1934.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Enfield Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my report on the Ophthalmic Department for
the year ending 31st December, 1934.

Table: The following tables show the figures for the last five years:—

The following tables show the figures for the last five years:—

19301931193219331934
Total number of attendances at Clinic2,1221,9382,1512,4752,255
New cases9058709301,0551,126
Prescriptions for glasses395427469446401
Number not requring glasses5959569185
The cases requiring glasses consisted of:—
Hypermetropia9378757980
Hypermetropia with astigmatism165183293353349
Hypermetropic astigmatism298206152175203
Myopia10592727988
Myopia with astigmatism5293113104104
Myopic astigmatism2511111310
Mixed astigmatism823435362
Anisometropia811121828

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During the year eight children were referred for operation
for squint. Three refused treatment, four were operated upon, and
one is awaiting admission to hospital. In addition to these, three
children who were referred for operation in 1933 were operated
upon in 1934. Two children were referred to the Western Ophthalmic
Hospital for removal of meibomian cysts.
The figures for this year show very little variation when compared
with the figures for the past few years. There is for instance,
only an increase of 99 in the total number of cases examined since
1928, while the new cases have increased by 294 and the