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25.8 per cent, of the children tested this year were found
to have Defective Vision: 12.3 per cent, less than 6/6, but not
less than 6/9 in one or both eyes, 13.5 per cent, less than 6/9
in one or both eyes. In 1914 32.0 per cent, of the children
tested were found to have defective vision.
In accordance with the request of the Chief Medical Officer
of the Board of Education, the defects found in the course of
routine medical inspection have been summarised in Table II. at
the end of the report. The number of individual children notified
to the parents as needing treatment was 376, or 19 2 per cent.,
but a further 443 (equal to 22.6 per cent.) were also found
to have defects which required to be kept under observation.

SPECIAL CASES.
The figures in Table III. give in greater detail information
relating to children specially referred or coming under notice for
the various conditions set out in the table.
Two half-days in each week are devoted to an Inspection
Clinic, where cases are referred by the School Attendance Committees,
School Attendance Officers and Teachers, also children
found on routine medical inspection to be in need of further examination.
One clinic is held at the Health Department, the
other at the Isleworth Public Hall.
The children referred to the School Medical Officer for nitty
or verminous conditions gave rise to the following action
warning notices, 4 ; legal notices, 56; prosecutions, 5 ; resulting
in four fines of 5/-, andone of 10/-. It will be observed that