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2. There was inadequate provision for co-ordina-
tion between the work of the School Medical
Department and that of the School Attendance
Department.
3. The provision during the year in question for
following up cases of defect found on Medical
Inspection was not systematic.
4. No provision was made during the year in
questiion for a further examination of defects
of vision.
5. No provision was made during the year
in question for the treatment of dental defeats
6. No provision was made during the year
in question for the treatment of adenoids and
enlarged tonsils.
7. No provision was made during the year
in question for the treatment of minor ailments
with the exception of Ringworm.
(c) The present continuous overcrowding at the Eye
Clinic.
The Eye Clinic has been opened on 34 occasions between
the 12th of September, 1916, and the 21st November,
1916, on each occasion for two hours, two doctors being in
attendance; i.e., the equivalent of 136 hours of a doctor's
time.
During this period 327 new cases, each requiring on
the average at least a quarter of an hour of a doctor's time,
have passed through the Clinic, thus occupying 81¾ hours of
the 136 allotted, and leaving 54¼ hours to deal with 1,319
attendances made by other cases, or an average of 2½ minutes
per case. It is not possible to do justice to eye cases
at this rate.