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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TABLE IV.—
Group II.— DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
| 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 | 4 | 5 |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should he recorded separately in the body of the Report). | 291 | 16 | ... | 307 |
| Other Defect or disease of the eye (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| Total | 292 | 19 | 8 | 319 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme ... 227
(b) Otherwise 15
1 otal number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(а) binder the Authority's Scheme 218
(b) Otherwise 14