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(f) Vision.
The Ophthalmic Surgeon attends one session per week
at the Clinic at the Martin School and examines all children
suffering from defects of vision or other eye conditions referred
to him.
During 1935, 209 children were referred for examination;
183 were submitted to refraction— spectacles were
prescribed in 199 cases and 172 actually obtained spectacles.
In 29 of these cases the parents were unable to pay the
whole cost of the spectacles and the Children's Care Committee
subscribed varying sums towards the purchase.
(g) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Children suffering from ear discharge and defective
hearing are dealt with at the Minor Ailments Clinic at
Bourchier House. During the year 82 children were treated.
(h) Dental Defects.
A whole-time Dental Surgeon is employed. Ten sessions
per week are devoted to the inspection and treatment of
school children, and one session to the inspection and treatment
of Maternity and Child Welfare cases.
I am indebted to Mr. C. R. Wilshaw, H.D.D. (Edin),
L.D.S. (Eng), the School Dental Officer, for the following
report on the dental scheme.
DENTAL REPORT, 1935.
Last year's report on the School Dental Service comprised
a description of the procedure taken at school
inspections together with an outline of the treatment given
at the clinic.
This year space must appropriately be given to the new
responsibility and service which has been undertaken on behalf
and under the auspices of the Middlesex County
Council. This refers, of course, to the inclusion of the
scholars of the secondary schools in Finchley within the
Borough of Finchley's School Dental Service.
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