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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 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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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.).

Defect or DiseaseNumber of Defects dealt with.
Under the Authority's Scheme.By Private Practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Errors of Refraction (including Squint) (Operations for squint are recorded separately in the body of the report)1942-196
Other Defect or Disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1.)1818
Totalj| 21212-214
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:— (a) Under the Authority's Scheme172
(b) Otherwise1
Total number who obtained spectacles :— (a) Under the Authority's Scheme152
(b) Otherwise7