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(c) 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 398 attendances at the 20 sessions held
during the year, 213 being new cases and 185 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 111, and spectacles, were prescribed
in 98 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, 33 half-days were given to Inspection and 184
to Treatment.
There were 444 gas cases during the year.
Dental Board leafllet on the Care of the Teeth are
distributed to all children shortly before they leave school.
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Exceptional children are brought to the notice of the
School Medical Officer by the School Nurses, Health
Visitors and Attendance Officers.