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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
Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE IV.—continued.
GROUP II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated
as Minor Ailments—Group I).
Defect or Disease
Number of Defects dealt with
Under the
Authority's
Scheme
By Private
Practitioner
or at Hospital,
apart from the
Authority's
Scheme
Otherwise
Total
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Errors of Refraction (including
Squint)
455
138
—
593
Other Defect or Disease of the
Eyes (excluding those recorded
in Group I)
-
-
Totals
455
138
—
593
Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 370
(b) Otherwise 138
Number of children who obtained spectacles:—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme 400
(b) Otherwise 93