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Medical Treatment. 121
(/) Vision.—In Table IVb. an account of the work
of the School Oculist is given. Of 246 children referred
for examination, 169 were submitted to refraction
at the School Clinic, and 29 were dealt with by a private
practitioner or at a hospital. Glasses were prescribed
in 151 cases and supplied in 147. Other forms of treatment
were given in 55 cases. No treatment was required
in eleven cases.
There was a considerable and necessary extension of
the work of the School Oculist during the year. Whereas
in 1919 the Oculist devoted only one session to the work,
in January, 1920 (after Dr. Garrow was appointed),
two sessions were allotted to it, and later, in April,
three.
Dr. Garrow furnishes a report on this branch of
clinic work, indicating the lines on which he considers
uture work should be developed:—
School Oculist's Work.
Report for year 1920.
The School Oculist's work was extended from one
session per week to two sessions per week in J anuary,
1920, and as it was still found impossible to cope with
the work, to three sessions per week in April, 1920.
The total number of consultations—that is, visits
made by children (usually accompanied by a parent)
to the Clinic for examination by the School Oculist—
was 1,053. This, together with 1,150 attendances for
treatment by the School Nurses under the supervision
of the School Oculist, makes a total of 2,203 attendances
in 1920, as compared with 877 in 1919.