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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: TABLE II.MYOPIA.TABLE SHOWING WORK CARRIED OUT DURING 1938 IN CONNECTION WITH ALL SCHOOL-CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MYOPIA.

TABLE II.

MYOPIA.

TABLE SHOWING WORK CARRIED OUT DURING 1938 IN CONNECTION WITH ALL SCHOOL-CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MYOPIA.

Individual casesNo. of attendancesSpectaclesNo. of attendances of cases reviewed in:—Recommendations to Head Teachers for:—
Notprescribed on first visitOrdered for first timeChangedNo change
MonthsOrdinary Routine"Easy Treatment""Special Treatment"
346912
229305691861221042809229492

Table: TABLE III.External Diseases of the Eye treated at the Clinics

TABLE III.

External Diseases of the Eye treated at the Clinics

Conjunctivitis and Blepharitis35
Cellulitis1
Injury7
Meibomiam Cyst7
Foreign body in eye1
Dacrocystitis1
Hordeolum5
Keloid of lower lid1

Table: TABLE IV.

TABLE IV.

Total No. of Attendances2,539
Percentage attendance of appointments made83.5