[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 12

Walthamstow 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

12
(e) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.—Dr. Mary
Sheppard, who had carried out refractions in the School Clinic for
some 25 years, was unable to continue after mid-September owing
to illness. The work was then shared by Dr. Eric Tivy and
Dr. Ratan Bulsara, and later by Dr. Bulsara alone. Both are
recognised by the Regional Hospital Board as Specialist Medical
Officers in regard to Ophthalmic work.

Table: The following tables show the work done in 1950 :—

Download table as:

The following tables show the work done in 1950 :—

Defect.	Under 7 years.		7- yea	11 rs.	Over 11 years.		Total.
Defect.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.
Hypermetropia	8	18	30	31	16	14	54	63
Hypermetropic Astigmatism	3	-	3	10	3	6	9	16
MyopicAstigmatism	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	2
MixedAstigmatism	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1
Myopia	2	—	15	18	41	45	58	63
No visual defects	9	17	18	28	16	35	43	80
Totals	22	35	66	88	80	102	168	225
Refractions		Re-inspections			Treatments		T otals
New	Old
384	3 54	2,160			205		3,103

Table: Inspections of Children attending the School for the Partially Sighted

Download table as:

Inspections of Children attending the School for the Partially Sighted

	Under 7 years		7-11 years		Over 11 years		Total
	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.
Hypermetropia	-	1	1	1	4	1	5	3
HypermetropicAstigmatism	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
MyopicAstigmatism	-	-	1	1	5	1	6	2
Myopia	-	—	1	10	5	3	6	13
Totals	-	1	3	12	14	6	17	19
Refractions				Re-inspections
New 1		Old 11		83

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Walthamstow 1950

Text

Table: The following tables show the work done in 1950 :—

Table: Inspections of Children attending the School for the Partially Sighted