Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.—
Number of defects dealt with. | ||||||||
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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) | 2,018 | 25 | 2,043 | 479 | 22 | 501 | 32 | 7 |
Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 2,018 | 25 | 2,043 | 479 | 22 | 501 | 32 | 7 |
Number of children for whom spectacles were :— | ||||||||
(a) prescribed | 1,835 | 42 | 1,877 | 450 | 22 | 472 | 30 | 7 |
(b) obtained | 1,748 | 42 | 1,790 | 437 | 22 | 459 | 30 | 5 |