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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Number of children for whom no change was required | 1 | 2 |
| Number of children for whom spectacles were not required | 2 | – |
| Number of children whose examination was incomplete at end of year | 1 | 1 |
| Number of children who had repairs only | — | 1 |
| Number of prescriptions given and glasses obtained privately | – | 1 |
Degree of Visual Acuity (when eyes differed that of worse eye) :
Less than
Boys
Girls
6/6
5
2
6/9
4
1
6/12
2
2
6/18
3
–
6/24
3
2
6/36
6
1
6/60
–
1
6/60
2
2
One girl was suffering from internal squint and one boy
was suffering from chronic blepharitis.
Type of Error found.
| Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hypermetropia | 4 | 4 |
| Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 3 | - |
| Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 7 | - |
| Myopia | 2 | 3 |
| Simple Myopic Astigmatism | 3 | 2 |
| Compound Myopic Astigmatism | 5 | 2 |
| Emmetropia (normal) | 1 | - |
20.—CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
In the Chiswick area there are three such schools—an
Evening School for girls at the Belmont School, an Evening
School for boys at the Belmont School and an Evening School
for girls at the Chiswick Products' Works.
In the Brentford area an Evening School for boys and girls
is held at the Brentford Senior Schools.