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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
Willesden 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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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. | Number of *Children for whom Spectacles were | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) | By private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3) | Otherwise. (4) | Total. (5) | Prescribed. (1) | Obtained. (2) | |||
| (i.) Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii.) Otherwise. | CO Under the Authority's Scheme. | (ii.) Otherwise. | |||||
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 851 | 43 | 574 | 256 | ||||
| (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | See Tables A and B following. | |||||||
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | ||||||||
| Total | 851 | 43 | 574 | 256 | ||||
* A child may be submitted to retinoscopy and have spectacles prescribed more than once in the year—
in these circumstances it will appear more than once in this Table.