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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

West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: TABLE IV.— continued.Group II. Defective vision and squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as minor ailments. Group I).

TABLE IV.— continued.

Group II. Defective vision and squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as minor ailments. Group I).

Number of defects dealt with.
Elementary schools.Secondary schools.Special schools.Nursery schools.
Under the Authority's scheme.Otherwise.Total.Under the Authority's scheme.Otherwise.Total.Under the Authority's scheme.Under the Authority's scheme.
Errors of refraction (including squint, but excluding operations for squint)2,018252,04347922501327
Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I)————————
Totals2,018252,04347922501327
Number of children for whom spectacles were :—
(a) prescribed1,835421,87745022472307
(b) obtained1,748421,79043722459305