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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

Heston and Isleworth 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: TABLE IV.— Continued.Group II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).

TABLE IV.— Continued.

Group II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).

Defect or Disease.Number of defects dealt with.
Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
1.2.3.45.
Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report).183136202
Other Defect or Disease of the eye (excluding those recorded in Group 1.)......22
Total183138204

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Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed-
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 150
(b) Otherwise 13
Total number of children who obtained or received
spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Schema 141
(b) Otherwise 13