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(1)) Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects
treated as minor ailments).
Number of Defects
Defect or Disease. dealt with under the
Authority's Scheme.
Errors of refraction (including squint) 755
Other defect or disease of the eyes 31
Total 786
No. of pupils for whom spectacles were:—
(a) Prescribed 400
(b) Obtained 452
(c) Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects.
Received other than operative treatment 28
(d) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
Number of Pupils Treated.
Non-residential
treatment at
orthopasdic clinics.
Under the Authority's scheme 213
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(1) Number of pupils who were inspected by the dental
surgeons:—
(a) Routine age groups:—
5 457
6 803
7 675
8 672
9 876
10 976
11 471
12 57
13 1
14 —
15 —
Total. 4,988
(b) Specials 1,478
(c) Grand Total 6,466
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