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There were 398 attendances at the 21 sessions held
during the year, 183 being new cases and 215 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 120, and spectacles were prescribed
in 111 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.
Children for whom spectacles are prescribed are reinspected
by the School Medical Officer when he visits the
Schools each term.
The Head Teachers are periodically sent lists of those
children who should have their glasses in constant wear.
(d) Dental Clinic.
During the year five sessions per School Week were
devoted to Dental Inspection and Treatment.
In all, 30 half-days were given to Inspection and 181
to Treatment.
There were 323 gas cases during the year.
Mr. H. A. L. Morris, the School Dentist, reports as
follows:—
" During the year the time given to Inspection and
Treatment was five sessions of 2½ hours per School Week,
directed to children aged 5 to 12, also the children in the
Physically Defective School and "Specials'' (i.e., children
not eligible for Routine Treatment referred by the School
Medical Officer, etc.).
"The programme of work for the year carried out the
progressive policy as in previous years, by the addition of
an age group.
"The decision to include all children in the Routine
Groups for inspection and treatment, and not to exclude
those who have previously and consistently refused treatment
or ignored appointments, made a big increase in the
number inspected, and as the majority of these children have
had no previous dental attention, it increased the percentage
requiring treatment. In those cases where consent to treatment
was received this time, it was usually due to the result