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Heston and Isleworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Important. s.m. 17.
BOROUGH OF HESTON AND ISLEWORTH.
Education Committee.
Notice to parents whose children have received spectacles through
the Eye Clinic.
Any child who complains of not seeing properly should be
brought or sent with the spectacles to the Isleworth Health
Centre, Busch House, Busch Corner, Isleworth, on Saturday
mornings between 9 and 10 a.m., or to the Health Department,
94a, Bath Road, Hounslow, between 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
No reference slip is required. Enter by the front door and
ring the Enquiry bell upstairs.
REPAIRS.
Spectacles needing repairs can be handed in at 94a. Bath
Road, any day of the week between 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 12 noon Saturday.
The prices are given below :—
Lenses:
Two Lenses 3/3
One Lens 1/10
Frames:
| Shellite. | Rolled Gold. | Heavy Nickel. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Frame | 6/6 | 5/6 | 2/- |
| New Bridge | 2/- | 1/- | |
| New Side | 1/6 | 1/6 | 9d. |
| Solder Bridge | 1/6 | 1/6 | 7d. |
| Solder Eye Wire | 1/6 | 1/- | 5d. |
| New Screw and Rivet | 6d. | 6d. | 3d. |
Spectacles:
Shellite & Rolled Gold 9/6d.
Rolled Gold 8/-
Heavy Nickel 4/6d.
EL WIN H. T. NASH,
School Medical Officer.
PLEASE NOTE :
If the child attends without a parent, a note must be sent
stating what is the complaint, or, in the case of a breakage,
authorising the repairs.
THE REFRACTION CLINIC.
Dr. Nash has asked me to write an account of the work and growth of this Clinic since
1924 when he placed me in charge.
Prior to the middle of 1924 when I began the work, refractions and the provision of
spectacles had been done by a visiting Ophthalmologist who attended fortnightly during the
School Term, or oftener if the numbers warranted it. This provided for the refraction of
children with visual defects, but was incomplete, since there was no scheme for the periodic
examination of children once spectacles were provided, which is one of the most important
aspects of the conservation of vision in children.
With a member of the permanent staff in charge giving a few sessions weekly to the workit
has been possible to build up a system of care of vision which is really comprehensive within
the limits of the work which it is permissible to do at a School Eye Clinic, and having regard
to the amount of time which can fairly be allotted to this branch of the School Medical Service.
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