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 Willesden]
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Table No. 45.
SHOWING THE STATE OF VISION OF 10,860 SCHOLARS ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 1906-7.
No. of Schools. | No. of Scholars Examined | Normal Vision. | Slightly Defective Vision. | No. of Scholars wearing glasses. | Seriously Defective Vision. | No. of Scholars wearing glasses. | Percentage of total No. of Scholars wearing glasses. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equal 6 6 - & - 9 12 | Unequal. 6 6 - & - 6 9-12 Left most defective. | Unequal 6 6 - & - 9-12 6 Right most defective. | Unequal. 6 6 - & - 9 1 Left most defective. | Unequal. 6 6 - & - 12 9 Right most defective. | Equal. 6 Below - 12 | Unequal. 6 Below - 12 Left most defective. | Unequal. 6 Below - 12 Right most defective. | |||||||
Bors | 24 | 5,715 | 3,089 = 54 05% of total | 1,114 | 378 | 307 | 129 | 112 | 90 = 4 4% of scholars with slightly defective | 183 | 219 | 184 | 77 = 13-1% of scholars with seriously defective | 167 = 292% |
2,040 = 35.7% of Total. | 586 = 10.25% of Total. | |||||||||||||
Girls... | 21 | 5,145 | 1,932 = 37.550/o of total | 1,507 | 331 | 251 | 185 | 188 | vision. 3.6% of scholars with slightly defective vision. | 272 | 226 | 253 | vision. 115 = 15 3% of scholars with seriously defective vision. | 204=3 96% |
2,462 =47 85% of Total. | 751 = 14.6% of Total. |