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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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report on the work of the
ophthalmic clinics.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year in respect
of toddlers and nursing and expectant mothers:—
Toddlers.
Tests under atropine 30
Other attendances 109
Spectacles prescribed 23
Spectacles supplied 14
External Diseases of the Eye treated at the Clinics:
Blepharitis and Conjunctivitis 8
Injury to Eye 1
Ingrowing lashes 2
Dacrocystitis 3
Hordeolum 1
Corneal Ulcer 1
Meibomiam cyst 1
Choroiditis 1
Cases listed for Squint Training 19
Expectant and Nursing Mothers.
Tests 11
Other Attendances (Blepharitis and Conjunctivitis 4, Hordeolum 1,
Corneal nebulæ 1, Meibomiam cyst 1) 19
Spectacles prescribed 11
Spectacles supplied 9