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(e) Skin Diseases.
There were 85 cases of Ringworm of the head and 6.5
cases of Ringworm of the body. All received treatment,
52 of the head cases and 44 of the body cases being
treated at the School Clinic.
Sixteen head cases and 7 body cases had not com.
pletely recovered by the end of the year and remained
under observation.
There were 54 cases of Scabies, all of which were
treated and cured at the School Clinic.
Ninety-six cases of Impetigo were discovered and all
received treatment and were cured by the end of the year.
Ninety were treated at the School Clinic and 6 elsewhere.
There were 13 cases of other Skin diseases (not infectious).
Of these 12 were treated at the School Clinic
and 1 privately.
(f) External Eye Disease.
Twenty-eight cases were referred for treatment. Ten
of these had received treatment by the end of the year.
The remainder were still under observation at the end of
the year.
146 cases of defective vision were referred for treatment.
141 were examined by private arrangement (most
of them at London Hospitals). 123 were found to be in
need of spectacles and obtained them. 13 were advised
other forms of treatment and 5 were found not to require
treatment. The remaining cases are still under observation.
(h) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.
Sixteen cases of ear disease and 10 of defective hearing
referred for treatment. Six of the cases of defective
hearing received treatment and were remedied. Of the
cases of ear disease (mostly discharging ears) 5 received
treatment, 3 were remedied, and 2 improved. The remainder
are under observation.
(i) Dental Defects.
120 were referred for treatment and 42 received
treatment by private arrangement.
(j) Crippling Defects.
One case of Infantile paralysis was found to be in need
of treatment, received treatment and greatly improved.