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THE WORK OF THE OPHTHALMIC SURGEON.
Cases of defective eyesight amongst the school children have
been referred to the Department by exactly the same methods as
those described in the report for 1912; it is unnecessary, therefore,
to enter into details except to say that the assistance rendered in
this direction by the teaching staff continues to be of the greatest
service.
Mr. Wray has also made special visits to several schools with
a view to himself personally discovering and remedying those cases
of very pronounced optical defect in the eyes which form such a
grave disadvantage in the education of children.
The number of refractions done is more than in 1913; the
figures being 156 for 1913 and 490 for 1914.
In table E. viii. the vision taken into account has been that of
the better eye. Children whose one eye was normal and the other
markedly defective, though not included in the table, were referred
to the Ophthalmic Surgeon.
The following is a summary of the work done by Mr. Wray
at the Town Hall:—
Total No. of children examined 749
„ „ „ attendances 1,859