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The trachoma case was excluded and is under treatment
at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, as is also the
case of lamellar cataract. In the cases of night blindness,
which occurred in the Summer, the children were practically
unable to find their way about after dark, there was slight
conjunctivitis and in four a patch of xerosis upon the ocular
conjunctiva. The bacillus was grown.
The child whose sight was damaged by looking at the
eclipse, which took place on the 17th April, was seen in September.
The vision was 5/30 and 5/20 in the right and left
eyes respectively. At both maculae there was some atrophy of
the retinal pigment. I fear some of the damage will be permanent.
Refractions performed 542
Old glasses found to be correct 9
Monocular defect. Glasses not required 8
Nebulous cornae. Not improved by
glasses 22
Small errors. Glasses not advised 40
Vision normal 8
Referred to hospital 3
Parents refused treatment 10
Unfinished to date 18
443 pairs of spectacles were ordered, of which the
following is a summary:—
+ Spheres 75
+ Sphero-cylinders 112
+ Cylinders 28
Mixed sphero-cylinders 73
—Spheres 75
—Sphero-cylinders 69
— Cylinders 13