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Medical Treatment.
after one exposure, and three were treated by drugs
by the private medical attendant. Ringworm of the
body, which is easy to cure, supplied 13 cases, all of
which were treated at the Clinic. Cases of scabies
were treated at the Clinic to the number of 43 out of
a total of 46 referred for treatment. Usually the treatment
provided at the Clinic consists in the suppply of
ointment accompanied by printed instructions regarding
the mode of application and general treatment, but
28 cases were treated by means of baths at the Clinic.
The baths are given when there are no facilities for
bathing at home, or where the parents cannot be relied
upon to carry out the treatment. For these 28 cases,
70 baths were necessary. Of the 271 cases of impetigo
as many as 243 were treated at the School Clinic.
Minor injuries to the number of 65 and other skin
diseases to the number of 36 were referred for treatment
all of the former and 33 of the latter being treated at
the Clinic.
(e) External Eye Diseases.—Children referred for
treatment suffering from external eye diseases numbered
36, of whom 34 were treated at the Clinic. The diseased
conditions were 2 cases of iritis, 3 of keratitis, 5 of
blepharitis and 26 of conjunctivitis.
Under the arrangement by which the King Edward
Memorial Hospital deals with serious ophthalmic cases
at a charge to the Committee of £2 2s. Od. per week,
two cases of squint requiring operation and one case
of iritis were treated.
(f) Vision.—During the year, as noted in Table IVb.,
246 children were referred for refraction and 251 were
examined at the School Clinic and 10 by a private