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Vision.
249 Prescriptions for glasses were made by the
Specialist, and altogether some 980 attendances were
made at this Department for various causes connected
with the eyes during the year.
Details of the work will he found in the table at the
end of this report.
Ear Disease
This distressing malady is in many cases difficult to
treat. Children return to us again and again with their
eats discharging and very offensive. As long as they
attend the Clinic for treatment they are not excluded
from school. But something more than the mere application
of remedies and syringing of ears wants to be done
in many of these cases. It appears as if only operative
interference at one of the London Hospitals would produce
anything like satisfactory cures.
There were 32 cases treated during the year, and
many of these were of a chronic nature, and required
regular and renewed attendances at the Clinic.
Dental Defects.
1,360 children, comprising 635 boys and 725 girls,
were treated by the Dentist either for extraction of
carious teeth or for some preventive treatment. This
branch of the work is, I believe, greatly appreciated by
parents, for of this number 649 children were sent by
parents or brought by them direct to the Dentist for his
services, and are not therefore included in the Medical
Officer's Inspection lists. A total attendance of 1,816
was made by all these children. Full details and nature
of the work done bv the Dentist are to be seen on
Table IVd.
A short summary of the whole work at the Clinic is
as follows:—
696 children treated for Minor Ailments made 7387 attendances.
1360 ,, ,, by Dentist ,, 1846 ,,
249 ,, ,, by Oculist ,, 980 ,,
949 ,, ,, for special examination 949 ,,
54 ,, ,, operated on for Tonsils, etc. 54 ,,
3308 children. 11186 attendances.