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difficulty because in ten years many changes of address and occupation,
e.g., entrance to the Armed Forces, marriage, etc., have
taken place.
Dr.T.M. Pollock, the present Director of the team has announced
the satisfactory conclusion of the trials and stresses real benefit
afforded by this vaccination.
SPECIALIST SERVICES
Eye Clinics
Dr.R.F.Jamieson,M.B.,Ch.B.,D.O.M.S., continues to attend
Central, Porters Avenue and Woodward Clinics. Appointments
are made as far as possible to suit patients and parents.
Cases dealt with were as follows:-
External and other diseases excluding
errors of refraction and squint 61
Errors of refraction (including squint) 1,126
Total 1,187
The number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed
was 872.
Miss Lewis, Orthoptist, treated 151 school children during
I960.
Vision Testing
In my Annual Report last year, I mentioned that we had planned
trials to ascertain a reliable method of assessing vision in
infant school entrants. The results of this work were published
in the "Medical Officer" of 9th December, 1960. This article was
''Printed in full in the 1960 Annual Report of the Principal School
Medical Officer, Essex County Council.
Very briefly, the vision of all infant school entrants in one
term was checked by two methods. One method was carried out by
school nurses in the usual way;the other method was carried out
by the infant school head teachers after careful explanations and
instructions as to its use. I must add here that the co-operation
and willing help given by these teachers was most gratifying and
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