[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![GROUP III.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group l.) i 1 Number of defects dealt with Defect or disease Under the Authority’s scheme Otherwise Total (see note h) | * i (1) ' o (3) (4) Errors of refraction (including squint) o77 19 596 Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Grou]) 1) 10 1 1 10 Total 587 i 19 606 Under tlie Authority’s .scheme Otherwise Total No of children for whom spectacles were (ft) Prescribed 562 19 581 (6) Obtained ... 466 19 485 Dr. Williams continued in charge of the Eye Clinic. Care is taken to secure that, so far as can be judged without any elaborate system of investigation, only those parents who are not in a position to obtain private attention to their children’s eyes are allowed to avail themselves of the facilities provided at the clinic. During the year 385 new cases were examined. Spectacles were prescribed for 207 of these, the remainder being found to be emmetropic or cases for whom spectacles were of no benefit. 585 children attended for re-examination and 466 pairs of spectacles (new or replaced) were supplied. Included in these totals is a small number of pre-school children who were referred from Toddler Clinics by the Assistant Medical Officers. 26 new’ cases were examined and 14 children attended for re-examination. 24 of the 30 pairs of spectacles wdiich w’ere prescribed were obtained before the end of the year. The total cost of all the spectacles which w’ere ordered during the ^ear (including those ordered for secondary school and pre-school children) was £252. 0. 8d., of w’hich the parents were required to pay £250. 0. lOd. The total sum collected during the year (including arrears from previous years) was £247. 11. 3d,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
