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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 1936
[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.).
| Kilburn Grammar. School. | Kilburn Technical School. | Willesden County School. | Willesden Building Trade School. | Willesden School of Engineering. | Wellesden School of Art. | Convent of Jesus and Mary. | Brondesbury and Kilburn High School. | Kilburn Junior Commercial School. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boys. I | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Boys. | Boys. | Girls. | Girls. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||
| Errors of refraction (including Squint) (Operations for Squint should be recorded separately in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report.) | 26 | 20 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group 1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 26 | 20 | 46 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. of Children for whom Spectacles were :— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Prescribed | 13 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) Obtained | 3 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |