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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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A summary of the work of the Clinics is appended in the following tabies
(a)
| Central Clinic | St. Alban's Clinic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | |
| No. of days clinic was open | 345 | 330 | 349 | 323 | 321 | 319 |
| Total No. of attendances | 10,529 | 14,785 | 13,379 | 8,319 | 13,472 | 12,671 39.7 |
| Daily average attendance | 30.5 | 44.8 | 38.3 | 25.7 | 41.9 | |
| No. of cases treated | 2,074 | 2,166 | 2,315 | 1,129 | 1,966 | 1,649 |
(b)
| Clinic | No. of first attendances of school children | Total No. of attendances of school children | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 1933 | 1932 | 1933 | |
| Minor Ailments:— | ||||
| (a) Central | 2,166 | 2,315 | 14,785 | 13,379 |
| (b) St. Alban's | 1,966 | 1,649 | 13,472 | 12,671 |
| Ophthalmic | 234 | 493 | 1,077 | 1,627 |
| Dental | 2,970 | 3,134 | 7,601 | 8,337 |
| Orthopaedic— | ||||
| FOR EXAMINATION | 98 | 92 | 2,579 | 2,734 |
| FOR TREATMENT | 145 | 160 | ||
| Diphtheria Immunisation | - 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
(d) Visual Dejects and External Eye Disease.—Visual defects are treated by your
Medical Officers at special Refraction Clinics. The routine procedure consists of the
application of a mydriatic twice a day on the three days prior to an objective test. Three
weeks later patients attend again for the subjective test carried out in the light of the
findings of the objective test. A prescription for lenses is then given and the patient
instructed to attend at the Optician approved by the Authority, who makes up the glasses
in a frame selected by the parent, on an approved scale of charges. When the spectacles
are complete the Optician forwards them to the Refraction Clinic, where the Medical
Officer puts them on the patient and satisfies himself that the lenses are in accordance
with the prescription and that the frame is suitable for the patient.