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584 school children were examined, 67 of these being eases
from 1927.
Of the 584 cases, 482 were referred from medical inspection,
and 102 from the School Clinic.
The 584 children were not all suffering from grave defects
of vision. The following table shows the vision in the worst eye,
as tested by Snellen's Type:—
6/6 6/9 6/12 6/18 6/24 6/36 6/60 6/0
34 203 87 94 79 56 19 12
The children who saw 6/6 (practically normal vision) were
-Buffering from symptoms such as headaches, inflamed eyelids, etc.,
which rendered further examination necessary.
Of the 584 children examined, 469 were found to require
spectacles by reason of the following defects:—
Myopia 53
Myopic Astigmatism 62
Hypermetropia 82
Hypermetropic Astigmatism 187
Mixed Astigmatism 37
Anisometropia 17
Hypermetropia with Squint 31
Total 469
Of the remaining 115 children, 14 were suffering from the
following other diseases:—
Corneal Ulcers, Nebulte, etc. 4
Nystagmus 4
Persistent Pupillary Membrane 1
Other Diseases 5
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42 children were found not to require spectacles, and in 59
cases the lenses already in use were found not to require changing.
A number of children (79) were kept under observation and
were re-examined during the year, the spectacles being changed
in 34 instances.