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quite invaluable to our piece of research. 468 children were
screened in this way, and it was found that the Sjogren Hand
Test which we had hoped to use and which was readily accepted
and understood by very young children, was not an entirely reliable
method of assessing vision in infant schools. The E-Test
appeared to be a better method and for the time being we are
using this. We are, however, still pursuing investigations with a
view to amending the Sjogren Hand Test so that it can be used
once more as we find that very young children seem to grasp more
quickly what is expected of them.
Sibling Visions
At the same time as the above work was in progress, we have
been carrying out investigations into the incidence of vision defect
in certain families. In the days before 1948 when almost annual
school medical inspections were carried out, there was no problem
of this nature, but nowadays when only three medical inspections
are carried out during a child's school life, several years may pass
before a vision defect is recognised. It has long been thought that
certain families have a tendency to vision defect, and for this reason
we have been following up the visions of all brothers and sisters
of children found to have abnormal vision at school inspectio
and comparing the number of unrecognised visual defects found in
this group with that of the brothers and sisters of a group of children
with normal vision.
Paediatric Clinic
A Consultant Paediatrician, Dr. T. Savage of the Regional
Hospital Board holds a session each fortnight at the Upney Clinic
and during 1960 school children were seen as follows:-
New cases 93
Re-examination 175
Total Attendances 268
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics
Miss M. Mason, F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Ear.
Nose and Throat Specialist.
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