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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
Heston and Isleworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929.
TABLE 1.
| Total number examined. | Total number -equiring treatment or observation | Percentage requiring treatment or observation | Percentage analysed according to age. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Boys & Girls | 2006 | 166 | 8.27 | 1.30 | 4.24 | 0.60 | 0.05 | 1.55 | 0.35 | 0.20 | — | — |
| Girls | 976 | 71 | 7.27 | 1.40 | 3.65 | 0.46 | 0.12 | 1.30 | 0.27 | 0.12 | — | — |
| Boys | 1030 | 95 | 9.22 | 1.26 | 5.04 | 0.49 | — | 1.74 | 0.38 | 0.29 | — | — |