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Thus at all ages there were 131 girls to 109 boys; but
from 5 to 10 inclusively there were 71 boys and 51 girls;
whereas from 11 to 14 there were only 38 boys to 77 girls.
This is probably due to needlework making the defect more
noticeable among the older girls.
The large proportion of squints among the younger
children is due to the fact that a routine examination of their
sight is not made, but they are referred for treatment only
when some ocular defect is apparent, and the most common
defect noticed is squint.

Right eye affected, 24; left, 31; alternating or unascertained,
20.
The 61 pairs of spectacles ordered were made up as
follows
+ Spheres 33
+ Sphero-cylinders 22
+ Cylinders 2
— Sphero-cylinders 2
— Cylinders 2
Small error, too old for fusion, glasses not ordered, 10.
Refused treatment, 2. One of these was a child of 10, for
whom glasses, though advisable, were not absolutely necessary.
The other was quite a young child, who would probably have
been cured by treatment.