[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 113

London County Council 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Report of the County Medical Officer—Education.
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Table: The following table shows the analysis of the vision of these 5,843 children, giving the number of cases of ( 6/6 or 6/9 ) 6/24 etc., in the left eye, where the right eye is ( 6/6 or 6/9 ), 6/18 , etc.

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The following table shows the analysis of the vision of these 5,843 children, giving the number of cases of ( 6/6 or 6/9 ) 6/24 etc., in the left eye, where the right eye is ( 6/6 or 6/9 ), 6/18 , etc.

Right Eye		Left Eye.
6/6 or 6/9		6/6 or 6/9	6/12	6/18	6/27	6/36	6/60	Worse than 6/60	Total.
6/6 or 6/9	Boys		219	150	68	63	42	21	563
6/6 or 6/9	Girls		244	134	71	68	22	14	553
6/12	Boys	241	431	89	31	27	7	3	829
6/12	Girls	228	609	133	43	23	9	5	1,050
6/18	Boys	118	120	315	62	19	10	4	648
6/18	Girls	103	124	416	67	25	13	4	752
6/24	Boys	63	47	54	156	24	3	3	350
6/24	Girls	58	32	62	169	29	12	2	364
6/36	Boys	41	29	23	20	100	5	3	224
6/36	Girls	44	19	31	33	137	7	3	274
6/60	Boys	33	11	7	11	8	29	-	99
6/60	Girls	18	8	6	4.	13	36	3	88
Worse than 6/60	Boys	12	2	4	-	2	-	1	21
Worse than 6/60	Girls	10	6	4	4	-	3	4	31
Total	Boys	508	859	642	348	243	96	35	2,731
Total	Girls	461	1,042	786	391	295	102	35	3,112

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Of the 13,179 children aged 12 years, 925 were noted as wearing glasses. The vision of t.hes3
children has been separately tabulated and divided into two classes; (1) cases where the school doctor
considered that the glasses effected all the improvement that was possible and where there was,
consequently, no need lor further treatment, and (2) cases where the glasses were unsuitable and

Table: The child was referred for treatment to remedy the deficiency in vision.

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The child was referred for treatment to remedy the deficiency in vision.

(1) Children wearing spectacles which it was considered could not be improved upon.							(2) Children wearing unsuitable spectacles.
Right Eye.		Left Eye.					Right Eye.	Left Eye.
		6/6	6/9	6/12	Worse than 6/12	Total	-	6/6	6/9	6/12	Worse than 6/12	Total
6/6	Boys	37	3	3	13	56	6/6	—	—	-	4	4
6/6	Girls	32	7	6	7	51	6/6	-	—	-	4	4
6/9	Boys	3	40	22	11	76	6/9	-	6	-	10	16
6/9	Girls	8	67	17	28	120	6/9	-	1	2	15	18
6/12	Boys	2	13	45	18	78	6/12	-	3	5	7	15
6/12	Girls	2	15	61	18	96	6/12	-	2	10	12	24
Worse than 6/12	Boys	7	10	14	49	80	Worse than 6/12	2	11	13	62	88
Worse than 6/12	Girls	7	15	21	64	107	Worse than 6/12	-	9	11	72	92
Total	Boys	49	66	84	91	290	Total	2	20	18	83	123
Total	Girls	49	104	104	117	374	Total	•-	12	23	103	138

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Table: The following table shows the analysis of the vision of these 5,843 children, giving the number of cases of ( 6/6 or 6/9 ) 6/24 etc., in the left eye, where the right eye is ( 6/6 or 6/9 ), 6/18 , etc.

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Table: The child was referred for treatment to remedy the deficiency in vision.

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