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Medical Treatment.
95
visiting the Clinic regularly for the treatment of
otorrhoea.
After operation the cases were re-inspected by the
School Medical Officer in the course of the following
twelve months. The number of children re-inspected
was 290, the result of the operation being found to be
satisfactory in all cases.
Eye Department.
Number of children found by the School Medical
Officer to have defective eyesight or eye
disease 157
Number of children treated at the Clinic 177
Number treated by own doctor or at a hospital 1
In addition to the 177 routine cases there were 36;
non-routine cases who attended the Clinic for treatment.
The number of children treated for external eye
disease was 67.
Spectacles were provided during the year in 200 cases.
In the majority of cases the parents paid the whole or
part of the cost, but in 15, on account of the necessitous
circumstances of the parents, specatcles were provided
free. The total outlay on spectacles during the year
was £44 14s. 5d. ; and the amount paid back by the
parents £24 7s. 10d.
As formerly, cases of defective eyesight previously
treated were kept under supervision by re-inspections
at periodic intervals by the School Oculist. The total
re-inspections during the year numbered 329.
The total attendances of children during the year
was 877, which number included children attending
for daily treatment of the eyes under the supervision
of the Oculist.