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The Object is to test the Vision, not to Read the
Letters.
Where the letters cannot be read, that is the fact to be
observed.
Each scholar should, if the vision be normal, be able to read
the line under D 6, with each eye separately. Where this can be
done, the vision is stated to be or as "D"=6 meters, 6/6ths,
similarly with the letters under the line If they be the last
which the scholar can read, the vision is stated to be 6/9 ths. The
results of the test are to be entered on the " scholar's card." The
vision of the right eye "R.V." will then be expressed as a fraction
—6/60ths, 6/36ths 6/24ths, 3/18ths, 6/12ths, 6/9ths or 6/6ths, according to the
line which the scholar can read with his or her right eye, while
the vision of the left eye is obstructed by a card as above described.
The vision of the left eye "L.V." will be similarly expressed.
These results, together with the other entries relative to vision
and hearing, are to be entered on the "scholar's card " at the
time the vision is tested.
The vision of every child should be tested once in the course
of each year, and all new scholars should have their vision tested
and recorded on their admission to the school.
Where the vision of either eye falls short of 6/6ths, the parents
of the child should be informed by means of form,
I have analysed and tabulated the results of these tests in
the following table