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Valentines Clinic, 554 at Mayesbrook Clinic), as compared with
1,202 school children in 1935. 65 of the cases were referred for
refraction in 1935.
Of the 1,583 cases, 456 were referred from medical inspection,
349 were referred from the School Clinic, 685 were " under
observation," cases examined, 92 were re-examined at parents'
requests, and 1 case referred by the Director of Education.
The 1,583 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
551 250 254 205 105 127 69 22
The children who saw 6/6 (practically normal vision) were suffering
from symptoms such as headaches, inflamed eyelids, etc., which rendered
further examination necessary.
Of the 1,583 children examined, 1,037 were found to require
spectacles, 525 being children who had previously had spectacles
and 512 (new cases) by reason of the following defects :—
Myopia 37
Myopic Astigmatism 53
Hypermetropia 98
Hypermetropic Astigmatism 179
Mixed Astigmatism 45
Anisometropia 27
Hypermetropia with Squint 73
Total 512
Of the remaining 546 children,
(i) 62 were suffering from the following other diseases, and
spectacles were not prescribed:—