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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
Walthamstow 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The attendances at Lloyd Park and Markhouse Road Clinics are summarised below:—
| First Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Total. | Grand Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excluded. | Not Excluded. | ||||||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Lloyd Park Mark ho use Road | 411 | 399 | 1226 | 1268 | 5086 | 5569 | 6723 | 7236 | 13959 |
| 286 | 300 | 249 | 280 | 1341 | 1616 | 1876 | 2196 | 4072 | |
| Total | 697 | 699 | 1475 | 1548 | 6427 | 7185 | 8599 | 9432 | 18031 |
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—Treatment for
the latter is given at the School Clinics (See Table IV, Group I,
at the end of report).
The medical treatment facilities provided by your Authority for
defects of vision, etc., consist of (1) a Myope School staffed on the
medical side by your part-time consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon,
Mr. H. J. Taggart, F.R.C.S., and Dr. Sheppard; and (2) three
weekly refraction Clinics under the care of Dr. Sheppard who
refers special or difficult cases to Mr. Taggart's Consultant Clinics,
and which she attends, so maintaining a close liaison. Mr.
Taggart's report will be found under Section 17 of the Report.
All defects of vision are referred to the eye clinics by other
medical officers and are, if necessary, followed up for the remainder
of the child's school life.
Dr. Sheppard has kindly contributed the following account of
the work done during 1934: —
The total number of attendances at the clinic, which includes new and old cases, was 2,642.
| Disease. | Under 7 years. | 7—11 years. | 11 plus. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
| Hypermetropia | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 35 |
| Myopia | — | 1 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 41 | 51 | 65 |
| Myopic Astigmatism | — | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| Hypermetropic | ||||||||
| Astigmatism | 2 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 44 |
| Mixed Ast igmat ism | 1 | — | 12 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
| Glasses not required | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 36 |
| Totals | 15 | 24 | 85 | 90 | 72 | 99 | 172 | 213 |