[Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / School Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VISION. During the year the total number of cases examined for defective eyesight was 65 less than in 1936. Ill were examined for the first time, viz., 46 boys and 65 girls, while the remaining 70 cases, 35 boys and 35 girls, were re-examinations. Table showing Refractive Errors from which Children suffered. Defect. Boys. Girls. Total. Hypermetropia 18 28 46 Simple Hypermetropic Astigmatism 3 4 7 Compound Hypermetropic Astigmatism 36 30 66 Myopia 19 15 34 Simple Myopic Astigmatism — 2 2 Compound Myopic Astigmatism 3 12 15 Mixed Astigmatism 1 4 5 No Error 1 5 6 . 81 100 181 Squint was present in 40 cases 19 21 40 Spectacles were found necessary and prescribed in 168 cases, viz., 77 boys and 91 girls. In 67 of these cases the spectacles were provided free by the Education Com- mittee. 40 sessions were devoted to examination of the eyes, tbe average number attending each session being 4.5. Clinics were also held on Saturday mornings for the purpose of checking tbe spectacles procured.