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on Tuesday and Friday mornings during School terms, when
he sees children referred to him by Nurses, Teachers, School
Attendance Officers, etc., advising as to their treatment and
disposal.
He also re-inspects children previously excluded from
School by him, and also those under treatment for minor
ailments.
(b) Minor Ailments Clinic.
The Clinic is open at 9.15 a.m. on week-days when the
School Nurses carry out the treatment of minor ailments
under the direction of the School Medical Officer. No
charge is made, but a box is provided for voluntary contributions.
(c) Ophthalmic Clinic.
Dr. Winifred Warner attends fortnightly on Wednesday
afternoons during school terms, to deal with cases
referred to her by the School Medical Officer.
Those children, who have errors of refraction, attend
the Clinic three times a day on the Monday and Tuesday
preceding the meeting, and also on the same morning for
the purpose of having atropine ointment applied by the
School Nurse.
There were 350 attendances at the 26 sessions held
during the year, 146 being new cases and 204 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 118 and spectacles were prescribed
in 101 instances.
Parents are charged the cost price of spectacles, except
in really necessitous cases, when the Committee is prepared
to pay part or the whole cost of the same.
During the year approximately 89% of the total cost of
spectacles was paid by the parents, which must he regarded
as highly satisfactory.
(d) Dental Clinic.
During the year two sessions per school week were
devoted to Dental Inspection and Treatment, and this was
increased to three sessions per week in December.
In all, seven half-days were given to Inspection and
83 to Treatment.
When necessary, a session is devoted entirely to those
cases requiring a general anaesthetic, when the School
Medical Officer attends to administer the nitrous-oxide gas.