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
London County Council 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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T able (i)
| Age | Principal cause of defective vision | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions | ||
| 0-4 years | 3 | — | — | 6 | 9 |
| 5-15 years | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| 16-64 years | 35 | 23 | _ | 127 | 185 |
| 65-74 years | 68 | 33 | — | 102 | 203 |
| 75 years and over | 220 | 52 | — | 242 | 514 |
| Age not known | 3 | - | - | 11 | 14 |
| (a) Total no. of persons | 329 | 108 | - | 493 | 930 |
| 205 | 89 | - | 207 | 501 | |
| 62-3 | 82-4 | - | 420 | 53.9 | |
T able (ii)
| No. of patients examined | Treatments recommended | Optical | Hospital supervision | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Medical | Surgical | ||||||
| Early | Later | If general condition permits | ||||||
| Cataract | 329 | 124 | 16 | 37 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 125 |
| Glaucoma | 108 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 77 |
| Other conditions | 493 | 286 | 53 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 148 |
| Total | 930 | 429 | 90 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 51 | 350 |
T able (iii)
| Principal cause of defective vision | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions | ||
| No. of persons re-examined | 168 | 42 | 1 | 293 | 504 |
| No. found to have had treatment | 136 | 42 | — | 157 | 335 |
| Percentage treated | 81.0 | 1000 | — | 53.6 | 66.5 |
As a consequence of successful treatment eight persons previously registered as blind
were found, on re-examination, to be partially-sighted and nine persons previously certified
as blind or partially-sighted were found to be improved to such an extent as no longer
to justify registration.
Figures for ophthalmia neonatorum are given on page 21.
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