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Other Conditions—
Strabismu (convergent) 54
Ditto (divergent) 8
Conjunctivitis 2
Blepharitis 2
Keratitis 1
Corneal nebula 7
Congenital cataract 1
Ptosis (congenital) 1
Leucoma 1
Nystagmus (lateral) 8
Retinal detachment 1
Optic atrophy 1
Iritis 3
Microphthalmos 1
Conical cornea 1
Phthisis bulbi 1
These figures cannot be compared exactly with those set out
in Table IV., Group 2, in the Appendix, as in a number of
instances children were suffering from multiple visual defects.
(e) Ear Disease.
193 children received treatment at the School Clinic on
account of ear diseases; the great majority of these were suffering
from ear discharge. These children attended daily for treatment
by gentle syringing with antiseptic lotions. Provision has been
made in the Estimates for 1927-28 for the introduction of treatment
by ionisation, which has been found so successful in some other
areas.
(f) Dental Defects.
Out of the total of 7,564 children found to need dental treatment,
4,629 actually received such treatment at the Dental Clinic,
of whom 911 were re-treated during the year as a result of reexamination
in school. Details as to the number of attendances,
number of extractions and fillings, etc., are given in Table IV.,
Group 4, at the end of the report.
As from April, Mr. T. K. R. Bryce took up his duties as the
second whole-time dental surgeon. The work of dental inspection
and treatment, and the scope of the scheme, expanded steadily
throughout the year, and fulfilled the anticipations of the
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