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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 1931

[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 (excludingMinor 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.
12345
Errors of Refraction (including squint)531143548
Other Defect or Disease of the eye (excluding those recorded in Group I.)......22
Total531145550

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Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed—
(а) Under the Authority's Scheme 480
(b) Otherwise 15
Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 472
(b) Otherwise 15