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The. School Nurse paid 35 visits to the schools, for the purpose
of inspecting the heads and clothing of the children, for any
verminous condition, with the following result:—
No. of Children Inspected. No. Infected. PerCent.
9,083 972 10.7
OPHTHALMIC WORK.
Dr. Charsley, the School Oculist, continued to attend when
necessary during the year, and held 32 sessions.
A total of 368 children w ere examined, and of these 118 were
re-examined. 345 were found to have a defect of vision.
Here again a great increase in the work is to be observed.
In 1918 274 children were examined by the Oculist.
In 1919 368 children were examined by the Oculist.
297 pairs of spectacles were provided; of this number, 30
pairs of spectacles were provided free, and 16 pairs partly free
of charge—on necessitous grounds.
All spectacles are now provided by the Education Committee,
the cost being recovered from the parents whenever possible. In
a few cases the parents preferred to take the prescription and
obtain the spectacles other than from the Council's Opticians,
who continue to supply spectacles at as moderate a charge as
possible.
The appreciation of this work by the parents of the school
children is shown by the fact that 88 per cent. of the defects of
vision found during 1919 were remedied.