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Those children who have errors of refraction attend the
Clinic three times a day on the Monday and Tuesday preceding
the meeting for the purpose of having atropine ointment
applied by the School Nurse.
There were 425 attendances at the 22 sessions held
during the year, 192 being new cases and 233 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 120, and spectacles were prescribed
in 109 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.
The work is carried out in the Consulting Room, which
is fitted with the necessary equipment, and has special blinds
to the windows for darkening the room.
(d) Dental Clinic.
During the year five sessions per School Week were
devoted to Dental Inspection and Treatment.
In all, 33 half-days were given to Inspection and 185
to Treatment.
There were 411 gas cases during the year.
The equipment of the Dental Room includes an Electric
engine, electric sterilizer, dental chair, dental stool, glass
cupboard, special waste bin, tiled shelf, and a glazed draining
board to a large sink. There is also a lavatory basin.
The Recovery Room contains a couch and a long glazed
trough fitted with a special perforated flushing sparge pipe
along the edges. The sparge pipe is held away from the
trough by brackets, in order that it may be cleaned underneath.
All fittings are of stainless steel.
The walls, ceiling, and smooth "Hospital" doors of
both the Dental and Recovery Rooms are finished in
Ripolin, and the floors are laid in Terrazzo.
The arrangement of the rooms is such that a child
does not return to the Waiting Room after treatment.