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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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CHISWICK POLYTECHNIC.
| Defect or Disease | Number of Defects dealt with | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme | Otherwise | Total | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 8 | - | 8 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes, excluding those recorded as minor ailments | - | - | - |
| Totals | 8 | - | 8 |
Total number of children for whom spectacles were
prescribed:—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 8
(b) Otherwise
Total number of children who obtained or received
spectacles:—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme 8
(b) Otherwise 7
less than
| 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 | 6/18 | 6/24 | 6/36 | 6/60 | 6/60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | |
| County Boys | County Girls | Polytechnic | ||||||
| Hypermetropia | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 4 | 3 | - | |||||
| Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Myopia | 10 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| Simple Myopic Astigmatism | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Compound Myopic Astigmatism | 5 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Emmetropia (normal) | 2 | - | - | |||||
20.—CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.
In the Chiswick area there are three such schools—an
Evening School for Girls at 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.