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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

Wimbledon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE IV.—continued.GROUP II. —defective V ision and S quint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

TABLE IV.—continued.

GROUP II. —defective V ision and S quint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Number of Defects dealt with.
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
ERRORS OF REFRACTION (including squint)24646292
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)261137
Total27257329
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
No. of Children for whom spectacles were
(a) Prescribed16733200
(b) Obtained16433197