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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Where the amount is over 7/6 per head, no grant is made.
The number of grants made during the year was 831, against 257 for the previous year.
It is noticeable that with the present financial stringency which arose out of the national
crisis, there has been a very definite upward trend in the number of applicants for assistance, which
increase, if it continues, will no doubt present its problem with regard to expenditure in due course.
| Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | – | – | 1 |
An agreement exists with the London County Council for the admission of cases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum to St. Margaret's Hospital when necessary.