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It is a matter of the utmost importance that all children
suffering from squint should receive immediate attention, as
otherwise the affected children are likely to lose the sight
of the squinting eye, and the disease in many cases is quite
capable of cure.
Arrangements have been made with the teachers to
bring to the Medical Officer's attention any cases of squint
found amongst the children entering the schools, and such
cases will receive treatment at the clinic at the earliest
opportunity.
Of the numbers set out above 6 boys and 7 girls had
already been discovered with visual defects to which no attention
had been paid. In several instances the error had
much increased—one case which, in the first examination
showed 6/18, on the second had increased to 6/36. A 6econd
had increased from 6/24 to 6/60. A third from 6/18 to 6/60,
and in several other cases the vision had decreased from 6/12
to 6/18. As, showing how necessary it is to keep the children's
eyesight well under observation, 20 children—14 boys and 6
girls, were examined, in whom the vision had been found
normal on the first examination yet had developed defects
by the time the second examination was undertaken. In some
of these children the vision was quite badly affected, in 4
cases, 6/60, 2 to 6/36, and the remainder showing defects of
vision of a less severe character. No doubt some of these
cases are due to hypermetropia, and if examined under a
mydriatic would probably have shown defects in their first
examination. No cases were come across which appeared to
be due to severe progressive myopia. In this connection, it