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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

Leyton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Report by the Authority's Ophthalmic Surgeon (J. D. Magor
Cardell, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S.).

Table: The following list shows the ophthalmic defects found in the 1,003 children examined at the Special Eye Clinic.

The following list shows the ophthalmic defects found in the 1,003 children examined at the Special Eye Clinic.

Myopia153
Myopic astigmatism118
Hypermetropia120
Hyper astigmatism281
Mixed astigmatism69
Hypermetropia with squint81
Myopia with squint3
Squint only17
Anisometropia2
No defect14
Spasm of accommodation128
Various diseases60
Referred to Minor Ailments Clinic22
1,068
"Various diseases" included:—
Epicanthus4
Epiphora10
Dacryocystitis1
Foreign body4
Injury to Eye3
Meibomean cyst1
Migraine16
Nystagmus2
Photophobia1
Ptosis5
Phylctenular ophthalmia13
60

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It has been possible, by having additional sessions, to examine
more children in the special Eye Clin'c than last year.