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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 1928
[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 1).
| Defact 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 | a | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) (Operations for squint should be recorded separately in the body of the Report). | 297 | 8 | 305 | |
| Other Defects or Disease of the eye (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | ... | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Total ... | 297 | 10 | 8 | 315 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed(a)
Under the Authority's Scheme ... 257
(b) Otherwise 9
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 250
(b) Otherwise 8