London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
(b) Ophthalmic Service. This service has,
during 1942 been carried out entirely at Central Clinic,
three sessions being held weekly.
During the year 154 sessions were held as
compared with 104 in 1941.
It will "be noticed in the table below that
the work in this Service has increased.
TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT.
(Excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments).
| Number of Defects dealt with. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise, | Totals. | |||||||
| 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Errors of refraction (including squint). | 525 | 551 | 686 | 48 | 51 | - | 573 | 602 | 686 |
| Other Defects or disease of the Eyes. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 525 | 551 | 686 | 48 | 51 | - | 573 | 602 | 686 | |
| Number of children for whom spectacles were:- | |||||||||
| (a) Prescribed. | 271 | 270 | 381 | 38 | 51 | - | 309 | 321 | 381 |
| (b) Obtained. | 284 | 294 | 363 | 4 | 2 | - | 288 | 296 | 363 |
ORTHOPTIC CLINIC.
Squint training has been carried out at Central Clinic daring the year where a considerable amount of valuable work was done as will be seen by the following table:-
| 1941. | 1942. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Children attended. | 28 | 38 |
| Number of New Cases. | 11 | 20 |
| Number of Old Cases. | 17 | 18 |
| Number of Attendances. | 511 | 686 |
| Number Discharged cured. | 4 | 1 |
| Number Evacuated. | 1 | 2 |
| Number left School. | 1 | 2 |
| Number Discontinued. | 3 | 4 |
| Number of Sessions. | 93 | 110 |
- 9 -