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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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THE HEALTH OF BARKING

Table: TABLE XIIOPHTHALMIC SERVICE. Treatment of Defective Vision.

TABLE XIIOPHTHALMIC SERVICE. Treatment of Defective Vision.

Mothers & ToddlersAdults— Public SchemeSchool ChildrenTOTAL
Year 1946Year 1947Year 1946Year 1947Year 1946Year 1947Year 1946Year 1947
Errors of Refraction, etc. requiring treatment2152434074107947491,4161,402
Number for whom spectacles were:—
(a) Prescribed93102298290492414883806
(i) Obtained3665236251600503872819

Table: TABLE XIIIOPHTHALMIC SERVICE. Squint Training.

TABLE XIIIOPHTHALMIC SERVICE. Squint Training.

Year 1946Year 1947
Number of Sessions9176
Number of Children Attended2681
Number of New Cases955
Number of Old Cases1726
Number of Attendances582416
Number Discharged—Cured2—
Number Left School——
Number Discontinued21

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