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When a case first attends the clinic, any existing defective
vision (amblyopia) must first be treated by covering and/or
instilling atropine into the good eye until the " lazy " eye has
learnt to see normally. When the vision is equal in both eyes,
the patient commences orthoptic exercises which strengthen the
defective muscles and straighten the eyes by training them to
super-impose their separate images into one single image. Seven
of the above-named have received operative treatment in conjunction
with orthoptic exercises. These exercises should be
commenced before the operation in order to establish some binocular
vision first. This procedure has been found to give better results
than when operation has been undertaken without previous
orthoptic training. Exercises are given after operation to maintain
the corrected position of the eyes.

In addition, the School Dental Surgeons made 1,613 special
inspections of children otherwise than in the course of routine age
group inspection covered by the Authority's approved scheme,
i.e., children specially selected by the dental surgeons, or referred
to them by school medical officers, parents, teachers, etc., on account
of urgency.
The total number of children submitted to routine and special
dental inspection during the year was therefore 9,351, i.e., 74
per cent, of the number of children on the school rolls.