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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
Hendon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.—continued.
GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group. I.).
| No. of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme (see note 6). | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint). (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report) | 646 | — | 646 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 646 | 1 | 647 |
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| No. of Children for whom spectacles were | |||
| (a) Prescribed | 822 | — | 322 |
| (b) Obtained | 302 | 1 | 303 |