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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
| Number of Defects dealt with. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect or Disease. (1) | Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | By Private Practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3) | Otherwise. (4) | Total (5) |
| Errors of Refraction (including Squint) (Operations for squint are recorded separately in the body of the report) | 192 | 5 | - | 197 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.) | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Total | 196 | 5 | - | 201 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were
prescribed:—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 185
(b) Otherwise 4
Total number who obtained spectacles:—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 167
(b) Otherwise 8
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