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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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CERTIFICATION OF BLINDNESS AND PARTIAL SIGHT
| Cause of Disability Retrolental | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | Glaucoma | fibroplasia | Myopia | Others | |
| (i) Number of cases registered during the year in respect of which Forms B.D.8 recommend : | |||||
| (a) No treatment | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | 29 |
| (b) Treatment (medical, surgical, optical, or ophthalmic medical supervision) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| (ii) Number of cases at (i) (b) above which on follow-up action:— | |||||
| (a) Have completed treatment | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| (b) Treatment started, but not completed | — | 2 | — | 8 | 15 |
| (c) Awaiting treatment | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
| (d) Refused treatment | — | — | — | — | — |
| (e) Died or removed from the Borough | — | — | — | — | *4 |
| (iii) Number of cases registered as at 31st December, 1965 | 657 | ||||
| * 3 deaths/removals are included in "No treatment". | |||||
| 1 death is included in " Others—treatment started | |||||