HC Deb 26 July 1956 vol 557 cc66-7W
77. Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

asked the Minister of Health to publish figures showing for each of the last two years how many tests for sight were carried out in the area of the London Executive Council; and in how many cases spectacles were prescribed.

Mr. Turton

Under the supplementary ophthalmic services about 415,200 tests were made in 1954 and 443,200 in 1955. Spectacles were prescribed in about 359,600 cases in 1954 and in 385,100 cases in 1955.