London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Heston and Isleworth 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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TABLE IV.—Continued.
Group II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding
Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1.
Number of defects dealt with.
Defect or Disease.
Under the
Authority's
Scheme.
Submitted
to refraction
by
private practitioner
or
at hospital
apart from
the
Authority's
Scheme.
Otherwise.
Total.
1.
2.
3.
4
5.
Errors of Refraction (including
squint)
(Operations for squint should
be recorded separately in
the body of the Report).
129
20
...
149
Other Defect or Disease of
the eye
(excluding those recorded
in Group 1.)
...
...
3
3
Total
129
20
3
152
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed-
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 108
(b) Otherwise 90
Total number of children who obtained or received
spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 103
(b) Otherwise 20