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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Other operations consisted of 3 root fillings, 6 scalings, 10 dressings and 1 orthodontic treatment.
Eye Clinic.
| Eye Clinic | Secondary Schools | Polytechnic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | ||
| No. of children subjected to refraction test | 6 | 16 | - | 10 | 32 |
| No. of children for whom glasses were prescribed | 5 | 16 | - | 9 | 30 |
| No. of children for whom glasses were issued | 5 | 16 | - | 9 | 30 |
| No. of children for whom glasses were not required | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| No. of children who had repairs only | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Degree of Visual Acuity (when eyes differed that of worse eye):
Less than
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 | 6/18 | 6/24 | 6/36 | 6/60 | 6/60 | |
| Boys | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Type of Error found.
| Hypermetropia | 2 |
| Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism | - |
| Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 5 |
| Myopia | 11 |
| Simple Myopic Astigmatism | 3 |
| Compound Myopic Astigmatism | 9 |
| Mixed Astigmatism | 1 |
| 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.