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(a) Inspection Clinic.
The School Medical Officer holds his Inspection Clinic
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.
There were 5937 attendances during the year.
(c) Ophthalmic Clinic.
Dr. Ivor Aubrey, the School Oculist, attends fortnightly
on Thursday 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 Tuesday and Wednesday
preceding the meeting for the purpose of having atropine
ointment applied by the School Nurse.
There were 409 attendances at the 21 sessions held
during the year, 212 being new cases and 197 re-inspections.
Refractions numbered 111, and spectacles, were prescribed
in 85 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.