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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

Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE IV.— continued.GROUP II—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

TABLE IV.— continued.

GROUP II—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)

No. of Defects dealt with.
Under The Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal
Errors of Refraction (including squint)7116717
Other Defects or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.)3-3
Total7146720
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total
Number of Children for whom Spectacles were:
(a) Prescribed3486354
(b) Obtained3456351