[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing].

  • Ealing (London, England). Council.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21 Number of School Children treated for Scabies. Year At Health Centres Otherwise Total Cases 1934 12 2 14 1935 12 —. 12 1936 25 — 25 1937 97 – 97 1938 128 7 135 1939 86 23 109 1940 141 8 149 1941 328 19 347 1942 501 – 501 1943 622 3 625 1944 473 – 473 1945 345 — 345 1946 348 — 348 Defective Vision and Diseases of the Eye.—The following is the report of the Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mr. Freeman Heal :— During the year gi6 new cases were examined. Re-inspections numbered 973. Prescriptions for glasses were given in 1,257 cases and 1,139 pairs were supplied. Abnormal eye conditions, otner than retractive errors,, were as follows / Congenital Abnormalities : New Cases Re- inspections Squint 107 301 Ptosis 4 – Obstruction Nasal Duct 3 – Congenital Nystagmus 2 11 Progressive Myopia 2 8 Congenital Cataract 2 4 Dermoid of Lid 1 1 Buphthalmos 1 — Coloboma of Uveal Tract – 1 Entropion 1 — Fibroma of Conjunctiva 1 —- Abnormalities due to Infection : Blepharitis 8 3 Meibomian Cyst 3 – Corneal Scarring — 3 Conjunctivitis 2 — Styes 2 — Corneal Ulcer 2 —- Abscess of Lid 1 —- Irido-Cyclitis 1 — Interstitial Keratitis — 1 Herpes Simplex of Lid 1 —