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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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First attendances numbered 3,040 against 4,339 in 1938, and
re-attendances 9,133 against 12,624, the total attendances being
12,173 against 16,963.

Table: The attendances at Lloyd Park and Markhouse Road Clinics are summarised below:—

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 *Markhouse20820476176429722749394137177658
Road13915638142716991713221922964515
Total34736011421191467144626160601312173

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*Up to outbreak of War.
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—Treatment
for the latter is given at the school clinics (see Table IV, Group 1,
at the end of the report).
Dr. Sheppard has kindly contributed the following account of
the work done during 1939:—
"There were 1,753 attendances at the Eye Clinic during 1939.
342 of these were submitted to retinoscopy, 279 being new cases.

Table: "The following table shows the defects found in the new cases seen:—

"The following table shows the defects found in the new cases seen:—

Defect.Under 7 years.7-11 years.Over 11 years.Secondary Schools.Total
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
Hypermetropia9131213119123337
Hypermetropic Astigmatism851314716213036
Myopic Astigmatism--14611331018
Mixed Astigmatism--264333912
Myopia—-121020269174153
Various4461449431830
Totals2122466152742229141186