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It is a recognised finding that vision is more defective in
secondary than in elementary schools. It was, unfortunately, not
possible, owing to pressure of routine duties, for the medical
officers to conduct any investigation into the relationship between
lighting, position of desks, etc., and the amount of visual subnormality.
The following Taible was compiled from the findings at
routine medical inspections, in order to ascertain the comparative
amount of visual defect in the various schools. It relates only to
those children who were referred for treament and who were consequently
thought to 'be in need of corrective glasses. The Table
therefore does not give the actual amount of visual defect, but the
amount of uncorrected visual defect.

From this Table the school with the highest percentage of
scholars in the two groups examined who had uncorrected
defective vision was Kingsley (10.1). Next came Portland (6.5),
and Davidson (5.6). Schools showing a higher percentage than
the average for all schools in one or both of the groups examined
were Ecclesbourne, Elmwood, Oval, South Norwood, Tavistock,
Waddon, Whitehorse, Woodside, All Saints, Parish, St.
Joseph's, St. Saviour's, Shirley and St. Michael's.