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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
Ealing 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Condition. | New Cases. | Re-Inspections. |
|---|---|---|
| Hypermetropia | 75 | 82 |
| Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 91 | 117 |
| Myopia | 42 | 61 |
| Myopic Astigmatism | 28 | 78 |
| Mixed Astigmatism | 9 | 11 |
| Emmetropia | 17 | 18 |
| Squint | 44 | 48 |
| Eye Diseases | 8 | 11 |
| Welfare Cases | 18 | 7 |
| Total | 332 | 433 |
| Condition. | New Cases. | Re-Inspections. |
|---|---|---|
| Hypermetropia | 78 | 82 |
| Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 118 | 118 |
| Myopia | 28 | 42 |
| Myopic Astigmatism | 32 | 63 |
| Mixed Astigmatism | 12 | 19 |
| Emmetropia | 22 | 28 |
| Squint | 67 | 82 |
| Eye Diseases | 16 | 12 |
| Welfare Cases | 16 | 5 |
| Total | 389 | 451 |
(c) Nose and Throat Defects.—The arrangements for
operative treatment of nose and throat defects at the King Edward
Memorial Hospital were described in the report for 1934. During
the year under consideration 176 children were treated, 152 being
operated on for enlarged tonsils, two for adenoids, and twenty-two
for enlarged tonsils and adenoids.