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2. To prepare beforehand for Routine Medical
Inspections at the Schools by weighing, measuring and
applying rough vision tests.
3. To assist the School Medical Officer at Routine
Medical Inspections and Re-inspections.
4. To assist the Dental Surgeon at gas sessions.
5. To apply atropine ointment to children warned to
attend the Clinic for 'refractions.
6. To assist the Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Clinic.
7. To follow-up by paying home visits.
8. To carry out cleanliness surveys at the Schools.
9. To re-examine those children found unclean after
a short interval.
10. To bring obstinate cases of uncleanliness before
the School Medical Officer.
11. The Senior School Nurse to supervise the work
of the Clerks, and the keeping of all records and cards
under the direction of the School Medical Officer.

TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Aliments and Dissases of the Skin.
The treatment of minor ailments and diseases of the
skin was undertaken daily at the Clinic during school terms,
5875 attendances being registered during the year.
(b) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease.
Most of the external eye defects have been treated at
the Minor Ailments Clinic, but when necessary they are
referred to either the School Oculist or the Royal Hospital,
Richmond.
Cases of defective vision and squint are referred by the
School Medical Officer to the Oculist who has prescribed
spectacles for 87 children during the year.