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Students of the South-East Essex Technical College were again invited to
participate although only 6 accepted. Of this number 4 had positive reactions and
the remaining 2 received B.C.G.
The low number of acceptances may well be due to the fact that many students
have already had B.C.G.
During 1961 and extending into 1962 some research was done by Dr. Eileen
Martin at the instigation of and in co-operation with Dr. T.M. Pollock of the Wellcome
Foundation. This was carried out at one of the Barking Secondary Modern
Schools during the routine B.C.G. vaccination of schoolchildren, and its aim was
to determine the relative sensitivity to avian, bovine and human tuberculin after
vaccination of schoolchildren with B.C.G.
The results were regarded by Dr. Pollock as of considerable value and his
own research will be continued, using a group of nurses and students.
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 50
refraction and squint)
Errors of refraction (including squint) 1,196
Total 1.246
The number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribe was 763.
Miss Lewis, Orthoptist (whose sanctum is at present in Upney Clinic), treated
140 schoolchildren during 1962.
Infant Vision Testing
Our work, which I mentioned in my last report relating to the Sjðgren Hand test
has now reached a satisfactory conclusion.
An article appeared in the "Medical Officer" of 26th October, 1962, summarislng
the work carried out and the conclusions which we reached. Over 500 children
had vision tests carried out using two different methods of testing. one of these
was the Snellen Test Card which has long been accepted as reliable in adults and
most older children, and the other was the Sjðgren Hand Test Which can be so useful
in young and backward children. By comparing the results, it was possible to
amend the sizes of the hands In the Sjogren Hand Test to correspond with the visued
results using Snellen Test Cards.
As a direct consequence of our work, a new set of Hand Cards has been brought
out by Messrs. Hamblin, and approved by Dr. S. Sjogren, and these are avilable
to hospitals, clinics, general practitioners and opticians.
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