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(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.
There were 5463 attendances during the year.
(c) Ophthalmic Clinic.
Dr. Ivor Aubrey, the School Oculist, attends fortnightly
on Wednesday afternoon during School terms to
deal with cases referred to him 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 for the purpose of having atropine
ointment applied by the School Nurse.
There were 385 attendances at the 20 sessions held
during the year, 211 being new cases and 174 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 118, and spectacles, were prescribed
in 100 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.
Children for whom spectacles are prescribed are
re-inspected by the School Medical Officer when he visits
the School each term.
(d) Dental Clinic.
During the year five sessions per School Week were
devoted to Dental Inspection and Treatment.
In all, 32 half-days were given to Inspection and 186
to Treatment.
There were 385 gas cases during the year.