Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1928.
TABLE I.
Total number examined. | Total number requiring treatment or observation | Percentage requiring treatment or observation | Percentage analysed according to age. | |||||||||
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6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
Boys & Girls | 2566 | 294 | 11.45 | 3.90 | 2.88 | 1.86 | 0.03 | 1.48 | 1.21 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
Girls | 1235 | 145 | 11.7 | 4.01 | 2.82 | 1.74 | — | 1.41 | 1.68 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
Boys | 1331 | 149 | 11.2 | 3.79 | 2.95 | 1.99 | 0.07 | 1.56 | 0.74 | 0.07 | 0.07 | — |