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Ealing 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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ment at the Centres during the year. Thus there were treated
at the Health Centres during the year 543 cases of scabies. There
was no occasion to invoke the assistance of the Scabies Order.
The following table shows how the number of cases of scabies
in school children had been increasing before the war although
there was a marked increase in the number in 1941.
Number of Cases of Scabies Treated.
| Year | At Health Centres | Otherwise | Total Cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | 12 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | 25 |
| 1937 | 97 | — | 97 |
| 1938 | 128 | 7 | 135 |
| 1939 | 86 | 23 | 109 |
| 1940 | 141 | 8 | 149 |
| 1941 | 328 | 19 | 347 |
Defective Vision.—The report of the Ophthalmic Surgeon,
Dr. J. G. Freeman Heal, is as follows :—
" During the year 1941, 494 new cases were examined. Of
these, 248 were seen at Mattock Lane and 246 at Ravenor Park
Health Centre. Re-inspections numbered 552, of which 153 were
seen at Mattock Lane and 399 at Ravenor Park.
Prescriptions for glasses were given in 593 cases.
The number of pairs of glasses obtained was 454.
Abnormal eye conditions, other than refractive errors, were
as follows :—
Congenital abnormalities.
Squint New cases, 100 Re-inspections, 166
Progressive myopes New cases, 3 Re-inspections, 5
Congenital nystagmus 5
Congenital cataracts 3
Bilateral defective vision without macroscopical defects
in eyes 2