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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 following table shows the conditions found in those children
submitted for examination but for whom glasses were not
prescribed:—
Boys.
Girls.
Headaches and Debility
14
19
Blepharitis
—
2
Alternating Squint
2
3
Submitted to operation—
Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis
—
3
Corneal scars
4
5
Cataracts
—
2
The following table shows the conditions found in those children submitted for examination but for whom glasses were not prescribed:—
| Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|
| Headaches and Debility | 14 | 19 |
| Blepharitis | — | 2 |
| Alternating Squint | 2 | 3 |
| Submitted to operation— | ||
| Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis | — | 3 |
| Corneal scars | 4 | 5 |
| Cataracts | — | 2 |
| Nystagmus | 1 | 1 |
| Chorea | — | 1 |
| Holit spasm | 3 | — |
| Totals | 24 | 26 |
The total number of prescriptions issued for glasses during the
year was 587, and the number obtained was 571.
"The following table shows the types of squint found in the new-cases seen:—
| Squint. | Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent | R | 4 | 5 |
| L | 14 | 7 | |
| Divergent | R | — | — |
| L | — | 1 | |
| Occasional | R | — | — |
| L | — | 2 | |
| Alternating | 9 | 12 | |