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Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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STATISTICS RELATING TO OPHTHALMIC CLINICS DURING 1935.
TABLE 1.
No. of refractions under atropine
497
No. of post-mydriatic tests
169
No. of spectacles prescribed
466
No. of letters (in the case of "myopes") sent
88
No. of squint cases
23
All spectacles were checked before being issued at the Clinics.
TABLE 2.
External Diseases of the Eye treated at the Clinics :—
Conjunctivitis and Rlepharitis
33
Hordeolum
8
Phylectenular Keratitis
7
Injuries
8
Foreign body in eye
5
Corneal nebulae
5
Dacrocystitis
3
Meibomian Cyst
2
Artificial eye
2
Dermoid of cornea
1
TABLE 3.
Total No. of Attendances
1,539
Percentage attendance of appointments made
93