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 Heston and Isleworth]
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Defect or Disease. | Number of defects dealt with. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
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) | 443 | 25 | ... | 468 |
Other Defects or Disease of the eye (excluding- those recorded in Group I.) | ... | ... | 7 | 7 |
Total | 443 | 25 | 7 | 475 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 405
(b) Otherwise 24
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 392
(b) Otherwise 23