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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 1936

[Report of the School Medical Officer 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 Disease (1)Number of Defects dealt with
Under the Authority's Scheme (2)Otherwise (3)Total (4)
Errors of Refraction (including Squint). (Operations for squint are recorded separately in the body of the Report.)2042206
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)20—20
TOTAL2242226
Number of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed183—183
(b) Obtained1673170