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

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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

Greenwich 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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6/63.34.6
6/91.42.0
6/12 or worse2.01.9
Noted for Treatment3.95.6
With and Without Spectacles
(a) Noted for Treatment8.5
(b) Noted for Observation3.5
Total of (a) and (b)12.0
Defects treated at Vision Clinics
DefectNumber
Error of refraction and squint1,622
Other eye defects4
Spectacles ordered681

Table: Findings at Health Surveys

Findings at Health Surveys

School Roll (May 1971)40,587
1. Comprehensive Surveys
(a) Number examined24,139
(b) Number (occasions) found verminous187
(c) Percentage found verminous0.77
2. Selective Surveys
(a) Number examined23,003
(b) Number (occasions) found verminous434
(c) Percentage found verminous1.89
3. Verminous cases
(a) Total times vermin found621
(b) Total percentage found verminous1.32
(c) Number of individual pupils found verminous551
(d) Percentage of individuals found verminous (of school Roll)1.36