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EYE CLINIC.
The Eye Clinic held 26 Sessions during the year as compared
with 23 in the previous year, and the following is a summary of the
work done: —
Number of Children examined 180
Number of attendances 634
Spectacles prescribed 129
Spectacles provided 126
DENTAL REPORT FOR 1925.
I have the honour to present the Dental Report for the year
1925.
Each School has been visited for Dental Inspection, and 3191
children were inspected. These inspections entailed 35 visits.
Of the children inspected 2377 were found to require treatment,
and 1790 were actually treated during the year. Five hundred and
eighty-seven children did not receive treatment at the Dental Clinic,
but a small number were treated privately.
The percentage of refusals is considerably lower, being 25 per
cent, in comparison with 30 per cent, the previous year.
There has been an increased attendance, the total being 2806.
The attendances are now getting back to those of thei years preceding
the payment scheme. The year 1924 being the first full year
under the payment scheme, the attendances were much lower, and
it is gratifying to find that things are becoming more normal.
Parents are bringing the smaller children for treatment much
better than they used to do, and one is able to retain more of the