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 Walthamstow]
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Vision—No change in the methods employed for dealing with
defective vision was made in 1921
They were fully described in last year's report, and were found to be
satisfactory
Dr Corbett, the Ophthalmic Surgeon, supplied the following report
on the work carried out by him at the Eye Clinic:—
523 "New Class " attended the Clinic during the year—boys,
268; girls, 255
510 children had impaired vision due to errors of refraction
13 children had bad sight due to disease, injury or congenital
defects
As in previous Reports, the cases will be considered under three
groups
Group A—External disease of the eye, including squint
Group B—Defective vision due to " errors of refraction"
Group C—Defective sight due to diseases, etc
Reference to Table I will show the nature of these defects and the
sex incidences
GROUP A
TABLE I
Disease | Boys | Girls | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Blepharitis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Phlyctæna | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Nebulae | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Blepharospasm | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ptosis | — | 1 | 1 |
15 | 16 | 31 | |
Squint | |||
Boys | Girls | Totals | |
Convergent Squint | R = 19 | R = 10 | 29 |
,, | L = 21 | L = 17 | 38 |
Divergent Squint | R = 1 | — | 1 |
,, | L = 1 | 1 | 2 |
Occasional Squint | R = 2 | — | 2 |
,, | L = — | — | — |
Alternating Squint | 1 | — | 1 |
,, | 45 | 28 | 73 |