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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wimbledon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE IV.—continued.GROUP II.—defective Vision and squint (excluding Minor Eve Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

TABLE IV.—continued.

GROUP II.—defective Vision and squint (excluding Minor Eve Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Number of Defects dealt with.
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint)23948287
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)251944
Total26467331
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed19735232
(b) Obtained19235227