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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
Finchley 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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The following table shews the number of children seen from each school:—
| School. | Error of Refraction. | Disease. |
|---|---|---|
| North Road | 5 | - |
| Squires Lane | 25 | 4 |
| Long Lane | 1 | 4 |
| Albert Street | 20 | 3 |
| St. Mary's | 11 | — |
| Holy Trinity | 2 | — |
| St. John's | 0 | — |
| Christ Church | 3 | — |
| 73 | 11 |
These 73 cases of errors of refraction included the following
defects: Simple hypermetropia 11 cases, and hypermetropic
astigmatism 27. Of these 4 also suffered from squint, and in
2 of the children the squinting eye was amblyopic. One was
also accompanied by blepharitis and 1 by corneal nebulae.
Simple myopia 16 cases, and myopic astigmatism 3. One of
the children suffered from squint, the squinting eye being
amblyopic. Mixed astigmatism was found in 6 instances.
The following table shews the diseases of the eyes which were dealt with :—
| Intertitial Keratitis | 2 |
| Old injury | 1 |
| Blepharitis | 4 |
| Phlyctenule ulcer | 2 |
| Corneal nebulae | 2 |
| 11 |