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Brompton. Two boys suffering from tubercular glands are at
public elementary schools. One boy suffering from abdominal
tuberculosis is at a sanitorium at Lymington, while three boys
suffering from tuberculosis of bones and joints, are at certified
Hospital schools at Margate. One girl who has been at the Treloar
Cripples' Home at Alton is now at home.
Crippled Children.
One girl is at St. Mary's Home, Dover. Two boys and one
girl attend Physically Defective Schools maintained by the London
County Council. Seven boys and three girls with a minor degree
of deformity attend the public elementary schools, and 1 girl with
severe birth palsy is being retained in an Infants' department until
a transfer can be arranged to a P.D. School.
Heart Disease.
Two boys and two girls are at Certified Hospital Schools.
One girl is at home, under the care of the family doctor.
DEFECTS TREATED.
Report of the. School Oculist.
The work of the Ophthalmic Clinic has been carried on
regularly during the year. Last year the Board of Education
circulated a report of the Committee of Inquiry into problems
connected with the prevention of defective eyesight in school
children. As an initial attempt to deal with the large amount of
work involved, we suggested that a more thorough and searching
eye test at the routine medical inspection should be made, and that
the younger children should have their vision tested more regularly.
These recommendations have resulted in a considerable
increase of work at the Ophthalmic Clinic. Over 100 more children
have been examined than in the previous year, the parents advised
as to the care of their eyes, and, where necessary, glasses prescribed.
These extra examinations have been mainly among the younger
children and the parents have been asked to return with the children
to the Clinic for re-examination sooner than formerly. Treatment
at any early age is most necessary in the prevention of serious
defects of vision in later life.